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CEE’S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE: PLASTIC STUFF

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/07/2015 • ( 12 )

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things Made Out of Plastic

Old dolls, coffee mugs. Clocks and canisters. Computers and CDs. All plastic. A gallery of plastic at home.

Robby the Robot

winnie and binne walker madame alexander dolls BW

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Categories: #Photography, Cee's Photo Challenge, Dolls, Personal

Tags: #Photography, black and white, Cee's Black and White Photo Challenge, hard plastic dolls, Ideal, Madame Alexander, nostalgia

12 replies

lifelessons
03/07/2015 • 22:17

I love all of these…especially the dolls. And it gives me an idea about a picture I’d like to submit.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  03/07/2015 • 22:29
  
  Thanks! I have like — 250? — old dolls, including historical and literary figures. I have tried every which way to take interesting photographs of them and so far, this is my most successful attempt. I wouldn’t have thought black and white, but they are antique or close to antique … so perhaps it’s appropriate. I keep trying to find new ways to photograph old things. The results are mixed 🙂
  
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  - lifelessons
    03/07/2015 • 22:50
    
    Have you seen my poem “The Dollmaker”? Bet you would identify with it. If you want, I’ll send it, or you can search for it on my blog. No obligation, though…Judy
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      03/07/2015 • 23:18
      
      A link would be great … or the poem, either is fine. Not everyone identifies with dolls … but I’ve always loved them, from when I got my first doll when I was 5.
      
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Raewyn's Photos
03/07/2015 • 12:51

Great photos. I just love your dolls.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  03/07/2015 • 13:59
  
  Thanks. Lord knows, I certainly have a LOT of them! And they ALL need dusting.
  
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Martha Kennedy
03/07/2015 • 12:47

Robbie! Darling! ❤

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  03/07/2015 • 13:58
  
  He misses you. He asks after you. “Where did my beloved Martha go” he opines. Poor baby.
  
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  - Martha Kennedy
    03/07/2015 • 14:02
    
    I know how he feels 😦 ❤
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      03/07/2015 • 14:09
      
      He sends his love.
      
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Cee Neuner
03/07/2015 • 10:46

I like your little vintage and a little modern plastics. They all go well together. Thanks Marilyn.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  03/07/2015 • 12:02
  
  Thanks, Cee. I thought my 70-year-old dolls deserved a hint of “antique” in the photos. I’ve begun to use the ‘in camera’ monochrome settings instead of Photoshop. The sepia setting works better than the black and white and it’s easy enough to adjust tones in Photoshop afterward. This is a new way to do things for me. I’m still playing around with it. Of course, each of my cameras has slightly different setting, so there’s a lot of trial and error. I’m glad you like these. I did everything at least three times until I got something I liked well enough to post.
  
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