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Event Videographer Brighton – A Breathwork Experience with Donna Hay at Yellow Wave

  • Apr 20
  • 3 min read
Group breathwork session in a bright studio, led by Donna Hay, with participants seated on mats practicing mindful breathing.
Filming a guided breathwork experience with Donna Hay at Yellow Wave in Brighton, capturing calm movement, connection, and the atmosphere of a beachfront wellness session.

As an event videographer in Brighton, I was commissioned to film “Breathe Out: A Breathwork Experience” with trauma‑informed breathwork coach Donna Hay at Yellow Wave on Brighton seafront. The session brought together guided breathwork, gentle movement and live facilitation for a large group in a calm, non‑theatre setting. My brief was to capture the energy of the room, the connection between Donna and the participants, and the unique atmosphere of this beachfront wellness space.


Wooden beachfront building at Yellow Wave in Brighton, seen across a pebble beach with soft foreground blur, under a bright cloudy sky.
Exterior of the Yellow Wave venue on Brighton seafront, whose light-filled beachside setting provided the calm, spacious backdrop for filming a recent breathwork and wellness event.

Filming a Breathwork and Wellness Event at Yellow Wave, Brighton

Yellow Wave is a light‑filled venue right on Brighton seafront, with floor‑to‑ceiling windows and a relaxed beachside feel that shaped the visual style of the film. Instead of focusing on performance‑led shots, I prioritised presence, pacing and the shared experience of the group – slow, considered camera movements, close‑ups of breath and stillness, and wider frames that showed the beachside setting. This approach works particularly well for wellness and breathwork events, where the goal is to help viewers feel like they are in the room, rather than watching from a distance.



Yellowave beach sports venue sign in bright yellow lettering on a wooden cladded building, with rows of parked bicycles in the foreground on Brighton seafront.
Entrance to Yellowave on Brighton seafront, with its bold yellow sign and bikes lined up outside setting the scene for the relaxed, beachside wellness event.
Group of adults seated indoors at a Yellowave wellness event, with faces intentionally blurred, listening attentively during a relaxed, sunlit session.
Participants settle into a calm, non-stage setup at Yellowave, where the focus of the videography was on presence, natural light, and the shared experience of the breathwork session.

Event Videography in a Non-Stage Environment

Unlike traditional live shows, this event required a different approach to filming. There was no raised stage, and the audience formed part of the visual story. As an event videographer in Brighton, adapting to this format meant working quietly, keeping distance, and being aware of how presence and motion could affect the session.

Lighting conditions shifted naturally throughout the event, with daylight and interior lighting working together. Coverage was planned to suit these changes without interrupting the flow of the experience.


Group seated on yoga mats at a Yellow Wave breathwork event in Brighton, faces blurred, gathered around a central circle of cards, tissues and flowers in a vase on a woven mat.
Participants settle on mats around a simple centrepiece at Yellow Wave Brighton, creating a calm, shared space that shaped the relaxed visual rhythm of the breathwork film.

Capturing Atmosphere at Yellow Wave Brighton

Yellow Wave’s open layout and beachside location played a major role in the final film, providing a calm, spacious backdrop that suited the pace of the breathwork session. I combined wide shots to show the scale of the group with closer framing to capture moments of focus, connection and stillness during the breathwork sequences. The footage was designed both to reflect the tone of the event and to support future promotion of similar wellness experiences in Brighton, with an emphasis on clarity, space and a gentle visual rhythm rather than fast‑cut editing


Two women sitting cross-legged on yoga mats at a Yellow Wave breathwork session, faces blurred, each with one hand on the chest and one on the abdomen in a mindful breathing practice.
Closer framing during the Yellow Wave session focused on gentle breathwork and connection, capturing quiet, grounded moments that carried the wellness story on screen.


Wellness and Experience-Led Event Filming in Brighton

Events like “Breathe Out” show how varied live experiences can be, and how much the filming approach needs to adapt for wellness and breathwork sessions. Guided practices, slower pacing and participant focus all place different creative and technical demands on camera work compared to music, comedy or corporate events. For organisers looking for an event videographer in Brighton to film wellness events, workshops or experience‑led sessions, understanding the intention, rhythm and sensitivity of the space is essential to producing footage that reflects what attendees actually felt on the day.


If you are planning a breathwork, yoga or wellness event in Brighton or across Sussex and need considered, unobtrusive video coverage, I can help you capture it clearly and professionally. Watch the video from this Yellow Wave session below, and feel free to get in touch to talk through your plans and what you’d like your audience to see


Watch the video I produced.



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