In June 2026, we brought a photobooth to Harrow International School Hong Kong and set up an instant-print photo zone at their Year 8 Formal 2026 graduation event.
A graduation is a very different job from a commercial event:
👉 It happens once, and there's no retake
👉 What students actually want isn't a giveaway — it's something they kept with their classmates
So the brief was clear: not just take the photo, but hand them something they can walk away with and slip into a wallet.
🎓 The thinking: build everything around "graduation"
A photo zone for a school formal needs a different approach from a shopping-mall activation. We focused on three things 👇
✔ A backdrop that matches the occasion — we went with a gold sparkle backdrop, which sits beautifully against formal wear and keeps the photos feeling like an occasion rather than a party
✔ The crest and the year on every frame — each strip carries the Harrow crest and "Year 8 Formal 2026," so ten years from now it's still obvious which night it was
📸 A few things we noticed on the day
- Formal wear against a sparkle backdrop looks good automatically — students glanced at their strip and immediately wanted another
- One group straight after another, friends piling in together, out and next
- The print wall became its own photo spot — covered in strips, with students stopping to find their own
- Nobody left right after shooting — they stood off to the side comparing strips and passing them around
👉 The queue wasn't a problem; it became part of the atmosphere
🎯 What the school actually got out of it
Every student left with a physical keepsake.
Nothing to order separately, nothing to hand out — it prints on the spot, and every strip carries the crest. The cost-per-student compares very well with a conventional souvenir.
It held the room together.
Graduation events have natural gaps — waiting for performances, waiting for awards. The photo zone filled those gaps so nobody was left scrolling on a phone.
Usable material afterwards.
The photos and design can feed the school's social media, yearbook, and promotion for the next cohort.
A print doesn't disappear.
Phone photos sink down the camera roll within months. A printed strip with the school crest tends to end up tucked into a book or stuck on a wall.
🔥 Beyond graduations — where else this works in schools
- Formal dinners and prom nights
- Open days (parents and children photographing together converts especially well)
- School anniversaries
- Inter-school events and student union activities
- Alumni days and homecomings
👉 The common thread: a crowd, a memory worth keeping, and something to take home
💡 What we handle for school events
✔ Overall photo zone design (backdrop and frame)
✔ Photobooth equipment with instant printing
✔ Crest, year and event name built into the design
✔ Site measurement and on-site setup
✔ A team member stationed with the machine throughout, so nothing stalls mid-event
👉 On the school's side, it's essentially a space and a time slot — we take care of the rest.
The BESTGIFT Photo Booth service covers instant printing, custom themed frames and fun props — suited to graduations, school anniversaries and open days, as well as product launches, gala dinners, weddings and pop-ups. Your school crest or company logo can be built into the frame design, so every print carries your identity.
On-site setup across Hong Kong. 📩 For a quote or to check availability, get in touch before your event date:
📞 (+852) 9568 4618｜📧 hello@bestgift.com.hk｜🌐 www.bestgift.com.hk
