Er, yes Robin, taking the picture was a slightly more complicated procedure than getting the LC1 out and pressing the shutter
First off you set up the tripod, mount the camera, unfold the bellows and set up the cable release. Open the lens right up to f6.3, and open the shutter using the 'T' setting. Then you pop open the hood on the ground glass screen, place a black cloth over your head, and frame up - the image is upside down of course, and pretty dim, so focussing is not easy, even with the help of the black cloth. When everything looks good, take out the trusty Weston Master II (made in 1946), get a reading, close the shutter and set aperture and speed (we've only got three speeds, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100s). Now remove the ground glass screen, replace it with the roll-film back, carefully pull out the dark-slide, and take the picture. Replace the dark slide (very important!), remove the roll-film back, wind on to the next frame (also very important and easy to forget) - phew - and we are ready to take the next picture. As you can imagine, this is makes the camera a little unsuitable for candid or street photography - and it's probably why Kate is looking a bit bored in the picture
John