John Andrews

A retired professional photographer and qualified lecturer, but over the past 10 years been running my own business, as the Vintage bike stable, restoring classic road and MTB cycles. The business has now ceased, due to rising costs, so now very much back into photography, mainly film, but digital too. Also an avid collector of film cameras, with far to many.

John Andrews's Posts

18 December, 2025

Mama Mamiya – 5 Frames with a Mamiya 135AF

By John Andrews

The year is 1980. A time of New Romantic synth-pop music, shoulder pads and neon colours.  Big hair, make up on both sexes, and a time of big statement looks.  Duran Duran, U2, ...

6 December, 2025

Vintage cars, bikes and a bus ride

By John Andrews

Like a lot us from the older generation, meaning the geriatric brigade, brought up on milk, delivered to your door, red telephone boxes for phone calls and double Decker buses, ...

23 October, 2025

Nikon F3 at the British Iron Works

By John Andrews

Like a lot of film photographers, I suffer with Gas Acquisition Syndrome and as soon as I see a charity shop I am in. Sadly, or maybe gladly to some of us, things ain’t what the...