Yearbooks are meant to
capture memories for years to come. A high school in Norfolk, Virginia is
taking a new approach to how those memories are captured – they’re making
hologram photos for the yearbook.
“It seems every year high schools do the same old boring thing”, yearbook
editor Sara Timbers said. “The yearbooks are always either thick books filled
with old pictures, or the new modern digital yearbooks. We wanted our years at
Trinity High to be remembered for something else.”
For students taking the hologram photos was no easy task. Each student had to
sit through a grueling two hour photo session, as professional photograph Bill
Greys took a series of photos. These photos were then overlapped in different
colors to provide the holographic photo.
“I hate having my photograph taken”, senior Timmy Gravel said. “Just the
thought of the camera flash and something so permanent makes me shiver. Yet
this was something special so I sucked it up and dealt with it.”
The yearbook will feature hologram photos of all 500 students, and several
pages of holograph special event photos. Events such as prom, senior cut day,
and freshmen induction ceremonies will still be available in traditional
photographic form.
“We couldn’t have every photo done in holograms”, Timbers explained. “We just
didn’t have the resources, man power or ability to do that. We had to make a
compromise but at least 50% of the year book features holograms. It’s pretty
cool.”
The hologram yearbook photos came
at a pretty hefty price. Each student’s photo cost $200 to make. That included
the studio time and the process to create the hologram. The school’s yearbook
committee ran several dozen fund raisers to raise enough money to allow every
student to have a hologram photograph in the yearbook.
“The price tag was pretty steep for the school to do holograms for a yearbook”,
said photographer Bill Greys. “I thought it was an original idea so I cut it in
half. I just wish they had done this when I was in high school.”
The yearbook has yet to be competed. It has a finish date of sometime in
mid-April.
“I’m really excited to see the final outcome. I’ve heard so much about it that
it’s all I can think about”, said principal James Dunn. “I’m amazed at what
these kids have accomplished. They should be proud of their hard work and
dedication to making this unique idea a reality.”
