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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Steps: Indoors or Outdoors
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things Made of Plastic
Plastic
Barbie is known as the plastic princess so we’ll start with her. Some new ones on sale in Target. I sometimes photograph them for the doll blog. Their clothing is often molded plastic now which makes no sense for a fashion doll. The second photo is a bunch of dolls, Barbie and some Bratz at my house after getting washed and having their hair untangled.
These Triang Hornby railway station buildings are similar the one I had as a child. They are made of a hard plastic.
A much older type of plastic these Nally canisters are made of bakelite.
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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: In Flight
Flight
I wanted to photograph birds for this challenge even though I knew it was going to be difficult. Birds are nearly always too quick for me in flight and the ones in my garden are rather small.
However, walking back to the bus stop on Saturday after Naomi dropped me off I went along the waterfront. It is a favourite spot for seagulls either catching their own fish or scavenging from customers at the fish punts. I had ten minutes so I pulled out my camera.
I went over my old photos taken in the same area to see if I had any other suitable photos. I didn’t find any other good bird photos but did find some of planes in flight.
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Circles or Curves
Circles
I had a look around the house and garden for some circular things to photograph. Here is what I found.
Ball
Stumps
A tree stump in the back garden.
Stump of an evergreen tree that was growing too close to the house.
Satellite Dish
Wind chime
Moss covered top of the wind chime in the apple tree.
The striker if that’s the right word.
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Open Topic
Barbie from the 1950s to Now
I thought that it would be fun to do some portraits of Barbie over her nearly six decades of dolly life. Non doll people please be aware that there are many styles of Barbie and Barbie friends, different hair and eye colours, different body shapes and sizes, different ethnicity. This is not an attempt to show that. Naomi and I have a doll blog where you are very welcome to visit if you’d like to see more dolls.
1950’s
Barbie is first released in 1959
1960s
Barbie changes her hairstyle several times. During this decade Barbie also got a boyfriend, best friend and little sisters as well as a whole wardrobe of fashions and accessories, a car and a house.
My titian Swirl Pony tail Barbie.
Naomi’s Swirl Ponytail Barbie
A reproduction Barbie with “Bubblecut” hairstyle.
1970’s
The Mod Era began in the late 1960s and carried on for nearly a decade. Barbie gets a new body with a twist and turn waist.
1980’s
The Superstar Era begins. The first Barbie with the “Superstar” face actually appeared in 1977 but this face predominated the Barbie line in the 80s and 90’s.
1990’s
Most Barbie’s had the Superstar or new “Mackie” face with closed mouth smile.
Lynne has the Mackie face
One of my Barbies from the late 1990s.
2000’s
Fashion Fever. Barbie gets a new body with a belly button. The Fashion Fever line of dolls appear from 2004 onwards.
2010’s
Barbie Basics. Starting in 2009 Mattel release a line of higher quality but affordable dolls with a different body sculpt. These were aimed more at collectors than children.
Now
Fashionista era. The current Barbie playline has a diverse range of dolls and Barbie appears much younger than in previous eras.
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Glass
Glass
Here are two glass jars in the window at “The Wall of Lollies” in Geeveston taken through a glass window with my phone.
Glass jar in the window at The Wall of Lollies, Geeveston.
Sweets at The Wall of Lollies
Glass at the Op Shop. We always have a lot of glasses and glass dishes, vases tend to be bought very quickly and collectors like the old bottles.
Glass vase at the Op Shop
Glass dishes at the Op Shop
Shelves of glasses at the Op Shop
Here are two old glass vases I have in my kitchen. They are chipped but I like them.
A domed glass roof at the Rendezvous Hotel where we stayed in Singapore.
Glass doors to the currently closed dining area at Sydney Central Station.
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Sculptures, Statues & Carvings
Things of Stone and Wood –Â Â and various other materials
I’m not sure what this sculpture on board Ovation of the Seas is made of but it looked as if it might be some type of acrylic material. I’ll try to feature it in colour one day.
Singapore’s famous Merlion statue on Sentosa Island. This statue is so large you can go inside and stand in its mouth.
Closer to home, a bronze statue of comedian Roy Rene, known as Mo in Hindley Street, Adelaide.
Here are three Australian cricketers.
- Sir Donald Bradman, this is one of a group of four busts in Sunbury, Victoria
- Shane Warne, this statue is located near the entrance of the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- Neil Harvey, a batsman from Victoria who was part of Bradman’s team of “Invincibles” in 1948.
Statue of cricketer Neil Harvey near the MCG
Statue of Shane Warne outside the entrance to the MCG Museum
Bust of Donald Bradman in Sunbury, Victoria
Even closer to home here is the statue of Sir John Franklin former Governor of Tasmania, then known as Van Dieman’s Land and polar explorer. This statue is on top of the fountain in Franklin Square.
The seals and penguins are on the waterfront part of a group of sculptures relating to Antarctic exploration.
Finally, very close to home another of our Geeveston wood carvings. Mrs Jessica Hannabury.
