Sports Action Photography & Videography
Sports action photography and videography shot, edited, and/or directed by Pete Donahoe.
AVP Beach Volleyball
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
2022 - 2024
Role
Photographer, Videographer, Editor
Beach volleyball photography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe at live professional AVP Beach Volleyball matches for Wilson Sporting Goods. These photos of the Wilson Advisory Staff have been used for multiple digital marketing campaigns.
High School Football Short Film
Where there's football, there's Wilson. I went out to Lake Forest High School on a Friday night in Illinois to create a piece for Wilson that not only proved that message, but also invoked the nostalgia of attending one's own small town high school football game. I conceptualized, shot and edited this film for the Wilson Brand Instagram channel in one week following the shoot.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
11/2024
Role
Director, Videographer, Editor
Performance
30K organic views
2K engagments (800+ Shares)
Chris Brickley Invitational Basketball
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
2024
Role
Videographer, Editor
Basketball videography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe at live tournament basketball games in the 2024 Chris Brickley Invitational Basketball Tournament for use by Wilson Sporting Goods on social media.
Not A Real Sport
“No grit. No drama. No stakes. Pickleball? That’s not a real sport.”
Paddletek’s campaign “Not A Real Sport” sarcastically took aim at the haters, claiming the “pickleball isn’t a real sport” line as its own. The campaign vehemently rejected the statement — while playfully mocking the haters in voiceovers and copy, the visuals, sound effects and music all showed the exact opposite - real grit, real drama, real stakes, real athletes. From each piece of content, the viewer should walk away thinking - “damn, that’s a real sport. Pickleball is more intense than I thought.”
I directed each video in this campaign, which were posted organically on social, used in paid social campaigns, on D2C, email, etc.
Client
Paddletek
Year
2025
Role
Director
Goal/Purpose
Brand Awareness - Establish brand campaign rooted on real game play
Performance
16 Million Views
137K Engagements
47K New Followers
Flag Football Paid Ads
I shot and edited these paid social advertisements for the launch of Wilson’s new line of flag footballs, including Wilson’s first ever women’s official sized football.
The main concept behind the product and campaign was speed of play. I therefore shot these with a high shutter speed and used fast paced cuts along with well placed sound design to create energetic pieces that made the play feel intense and fast, so the consumer would subconsciously associate the new line of footballs with energy, excitement, and ultimately speed.
Video was shot at a brand photo/video shoot, with players running drills and posing with my creative direction in order to achieve these results.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
11/2024
Role
Videographer, Editor
Pickleball US Open Event Coverage
Client
Paddletek Pickleball
Role
Director, Videographer, Editor
Year
04/2025
Performance
2M Organic Views (Paddletek Record)
1M Accounts Reached
22K Interactions
2K Follows
I directed, shot and edited these social posts among others to cover the Pickleball US Open for Paddletek. The content included highlights of Paddletek athletes, including Anna Leigh Waters and Kyle Yates, as well as a full recap of the event, which was posted in collaboration with the US Open.
This content quickly became Paddletek’s record in organic views in the 16 years it has been in business.
ProXR ProtoHype Promotion
I directed, shot and edited these videos for ProXR Pickleball as they launched a new pickleball paddle, the ProtoHype. ProXR Athlete, Jack Munro, used this paddle at the US Open Championships, and I used this moment and leveraged Jack to educate the ProXR audience on the benefits of the paddle. Follow up content also showed him actually winning the whole tournament with the paddle, confirming his statement that it “is the best paddle on the market.”
The first ad would have been a great candidate for paid social, but this was released as a limited batch and sold out organically.
Client
ProXR Pickleball
Role
Videographer, Editor
Year
04/2025
Platforms
Performance
46K Organic Views
NCAA Men’s Big 10 College Basketball
Basketball photography and videography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe at live college basketball games in the 2023 and 2024 Big Ten Tournaments for use by Wilson Sporting Goods, the official basketball of the Big Ten. These photos and videos were used on the @wilsonbasketball and @bigten instagrams to cover the tournament and remind the audience that Wilson is the official basketball of the Big Ten.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods, Big Ten
Year
2023 & 2024
Role
Photographer, Videographer, Editor
Texas Tech x Wilson Connected
In order to further educate the Wilson Football social audience about Wilson QBX Connected Football Technology, I worked with Texas Tech Quarterback, Behren Morton, who uses the technology weekly to improve his mechanics.
In the first piece, Behren walks the audience through how he and his team use the technology and how it helps him improve. I further utilized two other team members in this video to walk him and the audience through his performance metrics so that the viewers understand exactly what the system measures and how it can be groundbreaking.
I created the second piece to introduce Behren to the Wilson Football social audience to ensure they knew him and had a personal connection to him before consuming the piece about how he uses Wilson QBX Connected Technology.
These will be posted on @wilsonfootball on Instagram and TikTok.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Role
Videographer, Editor
Year
11/2024
Platforms
Instagram (Organic), TikTok (Organic), Internal Sell In Kits
Goal/Purpose
Brand Eduaction - educate the viewer on how Wilson is innovating the sport
Performance
Ongoing
Pickleball x Wes Anderson
One thing I love about tennis is the old school, cinematic, first class lifestyle that the sport seems to portray. This series of content was meant to steal that feeling from tennis and bring it to pickleball, using the Wimbledon “old money” style as inspiration.
I directed each piece in this series, calling for stable tripod shots, clean cuts, and vintage color grades.
Client
Paddletek Pickleball
Role
Director
Year
07/2025 - 04/2026
Performance
1.2M Views
9K Interactions
5K Follows
NFL Training Camp
Live football photography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe at NFL Training Camps in 2023 for Wilson Sporting Goods.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
2023
Role
Photographer, Videographer, Editor
NCAA Evo NXT Brand Shoot
Live basketball photography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe during simulated gameplay for a brand photoshoot. This shoot was for Wilson Sporting Goods for the launch of the new official basketball of March Madness, the NCAA Evo NXT. The first picture below became the main image of the campaign and lived on the Wilson.com Home Page.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
2021
Role
Photographer
Chi-League Basketball
Live basketball photography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe at the 2022 Dreamville Chi-League for Wilson Sporting Goods. This photography was used in digital marketing campaigns including but not limited to brand website advertisements and organic social posts.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
2022
Role
Photographer
Georgetown Basketball
Basketball photography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe for Georgetown University at the Georgetown vs. Depaul 2022 matchup in Chicago, IL.
Client
Georgetown University Men’s Basketball
Year
2022
Role
Photographer
Grassroots Football
Live football photography shot and edited by Pete Donahoe at grassroots camps for Wilson Sporting Goods. These assets were used in multiple digital and print marketing campaigns, including in store signage for Academy Sports.
Client
Wilson Sporting Goods
Year
2022
Role
Photographer
