Nashville Paw Barktoberfest 2013 Photo Booth (Photos)

I recently had the pleasure of running a photo booth for Nashville Paw's 2013 Barktoberfest event at Animalia in Franklin, TN.

This was my first go at doing a pet photo booth and it was an absolute blast! Although I would have to say that it was quite a challenge getting some of the pups to look at the camera, I luckily had the help of some excellent assistants who would get the dogs' attention via treats, squeaky toys and a very effective bicycle horn.

It was really a great event; met a lot of awesome people and made plenty of new furry friends while capturing some excellent photos throughout the day! Some of the dog/owner's costumes I witnessed during my time there were absolutely amazing. Hope to see everyone out again at the 2014 Barktoberfest!

Check out some photos below!

View the full gallery on facebook 

Purchase prints HERE

There are also a few other photo galleries from the day on Nashville Paw Magazine's facebook page.

Bassnectar NYE 2013 Recap (Video)

A composite of some of some video stills from the night
We are all connected...

Well, our Break On A Cloud produced Bassnectar NYE 2013 Recap video was officially released a few weeks ago; but per usual, I am just now getting around to making a blog post about it, haha. Watch and read below:)

It's really hard to put into words how amazing of an experience it was working on this project from start to finish. We spent a total of 3 full days shooting footage and time-lapses in and around Nashville's Bridgestone Arena and the Downtown Nashville area to document all the hard work that goes in to building a production of this magnitude. On the day of the show, we had a 4-5 person camera crew and 6 cameras capturing every little facet of this spectacular event from every angle possible..the night was a huge success! 

Lorin (Bassnectar) absolutely blew the roof off the place that night! Surrounded by some odd 11,000 fans going completely nuts, his setup for the evening incorporated a 360 degree rotating stage setup in the smack dab in the middle of the arena accompanied by some of the most amazing sound and lighting production I have ever witnessed. It was hands down, one of the our most memorable NYE experiences to date! Definitely the craziest show I have ever helped document, even more so than last year's Bassnectar NYE show (which was also insane). 

Balloon/confetti drop at midnight, insane!
photo by Kelly Hite

The feedback has been great so far...the video is sitting at around 30k views right now on Bassnectar's YouTube Channel, with a lot of great comments and joyous fans reminiscing about this magical night. It really makes me feel good to know that our work has created a permanent visual memory of this experience that fans can revert to whenever they want to escape back to that time and place. We had such a blast documenting this incredible event and putting these visuals together for everyone to see...can't thank everyone enough for making this such an amazing NYE experience once again!!

Huge shout-out my Break On A Cloud fam, Lorin and the Bassnectar crew, LMG inc. and all the crazy fans that raged the night away!!

Visuals shot by Matt Miller, Brendan Donohue, Jonathan Gaynes of Tram 17 Productions, Nicole Abbett and Robert Bragdon. I can't say enough good things about working with this dedicated crew!

Edited by Matt Miller and Brendan Donohue

Photos from the night by Kelly Hite, she did an amazing job...you can see them all RIGHT HERE!!

photo by Kelly Hite

Yours truly on stage filming the man himself!!
photo by Kelly Hite

Art for Animals 2013 Photo Booth (Photos)

Over this past weekend, I had the extreme pleasure of volunteering my services (in the form of a fun photo booth) at the 6th Annual Art for Animals Fundraiser. The event, held at The Factory in Franklin and hosted by Nashville Paw Magazine, welcomed 500 guests (twice as many as last year!) and raised an incredible $33,000 for our Nashville Paw Foundation to help fund local spay and neuter programs!

I was thrilled to be a part of this hugely successful event and hope to work more with the Nashville Paw Foundation in the future. Huge shoutout to all the sponsors and volunteers involved that made this so enjoyable!

Check out some highlights below and a full gallery of photo booth pics from the night here!

If you are interested in booking a photobooth setup like this for a party or event, please feel free to shoot me an email for details and pricing - brendan@pureformmedia.com

Thanks,
Brendan

Mike Wolfe of History Channel's "American Pickers" was in the building as a special guest to show his support. He auctioned off a piece and is featured in the new Nashville Paw PSA

Here was my setup for the booth

Flyer for the event

The Custom Sevier Skirt (Video)

So it probably goes without saying that I may have been a bit out of my element as far as the subject matter of this video goes (being the man's man that I am, haha:). Nonetheless, I learned a great deal about the design and production of a custom garment throughout the making of this video.

My friends over at Sevier Skirts really have this process down to a science and certainly produce a quality product of the highest standard for their customers while providing a unique experience! So in essence, I took a lot more from this project than I expected to insofar as what goes in to being a successful small business and how important it is to provide only the best for your clients. This is something that I think that all of us in the creative business realm can stand to emulate.

Definitely had a good time producing this vid and I thank the employees for allowing me to document the ins and outs of their operation!

"Sevier Skirts is a custom skirt company based out of Nashville TN. Sevier Skirts sells thousands of skirts nationwide, however mass production is not our style! Each and every skirt is hand cut, sewn, trimmed to your bodytype, hemmed to your preferred length, and packaged just for YOU. We are the ONLY company that provides this type of fit customization in combination with hundreds and hundreds of fabric options."

~brendan

Bonnaroo 2012 Pre-Post (Thoughts)

Well folks, it's that time of year again...Festival Season!! As I sit here in my work cubicle typing this, I am literally shaking with anticipation of the amazing weekend that is about to unfold. The Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN has been a staple of my summers here in Tennessee since 2005; so blessed to have such a killer festival right down the road from Nashville. We aim to outdo ourselves each year, but this may be the best yet!! Cannot wait to throw down with my amazing old and new friends...celebrating music, art, life, humanity and all things WEIRD!!

Here is a list of "firsts" for this year:
1) First time rollin up to Roo in a baller-ass RV trailer! Very stoked about this; I've never minded camping at Roo, but there are def some miserable aspects of it...I think this year's gonna be pretty plush:)

2) First time with media access to film an artist (Mimosa on Thursday night); compliments of my associates over at Break on a Cloud. We are really looking forward to providing some video coverage and hope to make it a yearly thing at future Roo's!!

3) First time that my Birthday (June 8th) falls during the actual festival. In previous years it has always been before the festival (which is still cool), but I can only imagine how crazy and fun it's gonna be this year. I imagine a couple highlights of the night will be Radiohead and the late night Umphrey's Mcgee set!

Needless to say I am extremely elated to be spending yet another year on the farm with all my friends, freaks and amazing talent!!

Will be posting updates throughout over on my facebook and twitter, so check it out!!
Have also gotten caught up on a lot of work lately, so stay tuned for posts highlighting recent projects as well as a Bonnaroo follow-up when I return!!

random shots from past Roos

LOLZ!

Myquel Haddox: Headstand Nut Gap (Video)

Hello::
As promised, here is a fun little edit I'm droppin to celebrate 400 likes on my facebook page! Many thanks to all my new and existing fans for your continued support!!

Some might remember me posting this still image on facebook a while back..now you can finally watch the video and see that it was for real:)!!

Filmed this footage almost a year ago in the Boro one sunday; finally got around to putting together an edit for it...

The skater in the video is local Murfreesboro, TN badass, Myquel Haddox...mad talent! This kid crushes it and I wish I would have gotten more footage of him that day; but I digress...

After watching Quel ollie over fire hydrants and 6ft gaps all afternoon, we decided it was time up the ante! Conjuring what little bit of gymnastic talent in my possession, I proposed that he ollie over me while doing a spread eagle headstand, a challenge which he gladly accepted..anything to better the film, right?? haha, after a couple failed attempts (no injuries incurred), he executed the jump flawlessly! pretty intense.

Quel is a "trained professional" and I totally trusted him to clear the "gap". Do NOT attempt to re-create this stunt at home or school...NO BALLSACKS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO!! haha, peace

I would really like to do some more projects like this in the future so stay tuned!

~Brendan

Camera: Canon T2i; 50mm f1.8

Filmed by:
Brendan Donohue
Matt Miller
Xavier Pannell

Music:
Steve Jablonsky - "Bumblebee" (From the Transformers soundtrack)

Halloween Night Recap:)

Hello::
Well, it was another excellent Halloween night with a great crew this past week! Decided to set up the makeshift photobooth (see pics below) at the crib once again to capture some of the pregame madness before we headed out to one of the most epic Pretty Lights performances I've seen to date!!

Pretty Lights threw it down hard to a sold out crowd at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville!! was def quite an experience!! Here's a couple vids I found floatin around youtube:

from lfmack2


from Th3BaNkStEr


Finally, here are some fun pics from the pregame session!
you can see the rest here!

~Brendan