“I never embarked in any one thing to which I have so entirely devoted myself, and to which I have devoted so much time, thought, and labour, and on the success of which I have staked so much reputation, and to which I have so largely committed myself and those who were disposed to place faith in me.” — Isambard Kingdom Brunel
A quote that Jack uses on his website and after you listen to this show we are sure you will agree with him.
This episode turned out to be quite a bit different from all our previous shows, we didn’t really dive down into large format photography (we will save that for part 2 at some point), but instead Jack talks at length about the struggles, highs and lows that accompany him on this adventure of a lifetime.
Thanks again Jack.
 
Jack’s links
 
Everything to do with the LSP can be found on Jack’s website.
https://lifeboatstationproject.com/
 
Why not help Jack finish this project and become a Patron for as little as £1 a month.
https://lifeboatstationproject.com/friend/
 
Some Twitter comings and goings.
https://twitter.com/MrJackLowe?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
 
The dedicated Twitter feed for the Lifeboat Station Project.

https://twitter.com/ProjectLifeboat
 
 
The image used for this show's artwork was taken by Dominic Vacher and digitally altered to fit the square format by Master Andrew Forster. (He's better than his dad at Photoshop).
 
Things we chatted about on the show:
 
Simon has a 200mm f3.6 Leitz Wetzlar projection lens fitted to his MPP camera and made a rather lovely image of his Dad looking at a wasps nest.
Some care and attention is needed to Simon’s processing techniques but we weren’t too hard on him – and Simon please use some fresh film you cheapskate.
 
Andrew was enthusing about popping his dry plate cherry. Using Jason Lane’s 1/6th plate ISO 25 dry plates purchased from Analogue Wonderland.
https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/collections/j-lane-dry-plates/products/j-lane-speed-plates-sixth-plate-film-iso-25
 
Neil Gaiman’s Wife Amanda Palmer published a book called “The Art of Asking” – this helped Jack enormously.
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Art-of-Asking-Audiobook/B00NLP8GTI?source_code=M2M14DFT1BkSH082015011R&&ipRedirectOverride=true
 
Neil Gaiman’s 2012 commencement speech also inspired Jack and gave him the confidence to follow his idea and just do it.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAb-NYkseI
 
 
 
Other News
The inaugural LFPP Gathering in the forest 2020 was cancelled but you can catch up with the virtual meeting we had recently where we were honoured to have Dave Shrimpton and Kate Miller-Wilson present their work and ideas to over 20 of us on line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQtnpFib8s&t=113s
 
And….
 
Much to Simon’s dismay the Six Towns Darkroom remains in lock down for the time being.
 
LFPP links -
 
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
 
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
 
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https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
 
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https://twitter.com/simonfor
 
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Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
 
Simon Forster
www.classiclensespodcast.com
 
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
 
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
 
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
 
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
 
https://twitter.com/SimonFor
 
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
 
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
 
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
 
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
 
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper