Andrew Collett has always loved the character of the land, and the secrets it reveals to the patient eye.  As a child, he spent his summers getting to know the landscape of Georgian Bay, Muskoka and beyond.  He became an observer of nature, discovering the beauty of places and seasons that were often overlooked by others.  Andrew started his career in the business side of visual design, and it was a number of years before he realized he had his own distinctive vision to express.  In photography he found a powerful medium into which he could pour his boundless creative energies.

When a scene captures Andrew Collett’s eye, it’s because he has had a vision of what it could be at its best.  It could be at four in the morning when the mists rise from the night-cooled land;  or, at seven in the evening as a thunderstorm batters a distant line of dark trees.  Andrew’s goal is to capture a scene in exactly the circumstances when experience tells him it will be suffused with the most intense emotion.  He works hard to grasp a fleeting feeling one which lives for just a brief moment in a masterstroke of light, colour, shape, perspective… and timing.  Gathered from the land, he brings moments to life and fashions into them into fine images that are  celebrated in interiors of all kinds, where the echoes of what he has experienced will resonate for years to come.  

Andrew Collett loves his work.  He considers it a privilege and a responsibility to bring these celebrations of our land into people’s homes.   His hope is that his renderings of our natural beauty may inspire dreams and memories, and a particular kind of hopefulness that he has felt while walking the trails and pathways of our boundless, natural inheritance.

Equipment Choice
I am often asked about the equipment I use to photograph and print with. My choice is based on what works for me and my style of photography and print making.

Cameras Canon 1DS MK111 EOS Digital Camera Canon 5D EOS Digital Camera Lenses Canon L Series 17-40 mm F4.0 Canon L Series 24-70 mm F2.8 Canon L Series 70-200 mm F4.0 Canon L Series 100-400 mm F4.0/5.6 Canon Macro 100 mm F2.8 Canon Tilt Shift 45mm F2.8 Canon Tilt Shift 24mm F3.5L II Canon Tilt Shift 90mm F2.8 Filters Singh-Ray Graduated ND Filters Singh-Ray Reverse Graduate ND Filters Singh-Ray Polarizer Singh-Ray Variable ND Filter

Printers Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Epson Stylus Pro 9900 Tripod Gitzo Carbon Fiber GT3540 Systematic 6X Really Right Stuff BH-55 Ball head Computer Hard Drive - Apple Mac Pro 2 x 2 GHZ Dual Core Intel Xeon Monitor - Apple Cinema HD 23" Flat Panel Monitor - Apple Cinema HD 30" Flat Panel