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Phyllisia Ng – OneShot Portraits

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I started this casual personal project about two weeks ago, shooting 120 film on my Rolleiflex with the condition that I take only one shot for each of my sitters. This is my first portrait from the very first shot of the very first roll of Portra 160. The starting alignment looks a bit off, but, I will just leave it without cropping the portrait.  Date 15 August 2015, Whitebox Gallery, PUBLIKA, Kuala Lumpur

Correction – This is the last image fo the first roll!

Special thanks to Koon Yik at Bang Bang Geng for your efficient processing and scanning and helping me see this project off.

ONE-SHOT PORTRAITS

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Imogen Meckel, 10

I finally took my trusty Rolleiflex off the shelf, dusted it, gave it a quick ‘once over’, clicked through all the shutter speeds, and twiddled the aperture ring to check for stiffness, and loaded a roll of Portra 160 to embark on this so-called ONE SHOT PORTRAIT project. Now that I am in Malaysia again for a good couple of weeks and then a few days in Japan,  I intend to photograph with the Rollei with the hope of capturing spontaneous and ‘truthful’ portraits of my friends, family and strangers with just the one click. So, 12 shots per roll, 12 portraits. And so on…

The idea is for the subject to feel most comfortable when I press the shutter release, with a pose that is natural & calm. I hope to catch capture a decent portrait with just one shot. If I fail, so be it, no second chance.

(Be part of this project! If you are in KL/PJ and want to be photographed give me a holler!  012 284 5838)