Insaeng Selca Self-Portrait Studio

Insaeng Selca is a private self-portrait studio on Henderson Road, closer to a professional portrait session than to a photobooth.

You have the room to yourselves: studio lights, a proper camera on a backdrop, and a remote trigger in your hand instead of a photographer in the corner. A standard session runs fifteen minutes of shooting for two, then ten minutes to choose your frames, and you leave with 6R prints rather than paper strips. A longer session covers four people. Packages start around $28.

It suits couples, families and anyone wanting a portrait they would actually frame — a graduation photograph, a family record, a profile picture that does not look like a booth. The privacy is the whole point, and it is what separates this from the mall studios. It sits in an industrial building rather than a shopping centre, so plan the trip, and check which days it opens before you go — they are more limited than most.