Biography[]
Elevator & Ceiling Fan Enthusiasm (real name Donovan Blahut) is an elevator enthusiast and videographer from Westminster, Maryland, United States. Donovan prioritizes recording old, rare, and unique elevators in and around the Baltimore and Washington DC metropolitan areas, but occasionally takes trips out of state to shoot videos and find cooler equipment.
Donovan's other primary interest is collecting vintage ceiling fans from the 20th century, mainly comprising of high-end fans such as Casablanca, Emerson, Hunter, FASCO, and NuTone. Donovan has no interest in collecting elevator parts full time, although he does have a few miscellaneous button panels, and a large collection of elevator keys.
Donovan in Ocean City, MD in 2023.
Cameras Used[]
- Nextbook Tablet - 2015 (Retired)
- Kindle Fire - 2015-2016 (Retired)
- Canon PowerShot 160 - 2016-2019 (Retired Indefinitely)
- iPhone 6S - 2016-2020 (Former Secondary Camera, Retired)
- iPhone 11 - 2020-Present (Former Secondary Camera, Retired)
- iPhone 14 Plus - (Current Secondary Camera)
- Canon Vixia HF R800 - 2019-Present (Current Primary Camera)