Articles by Mitchell Gaston

Best Friends (A TikTok Story)

I posted this clip from Alex and Matthew’s wedding on TikTok this past weekend and it’s gotten, at the time of writing this post, fifteen thousand views. Which I understand isn’t that many views, but for someone who hardly uses TikTok at all, it feels like going viral. I couldn’t care less about the analytics of the clip, but what I do care about, and why I posted it, is how genuinely sweet it is. […]

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The Beauty of The Unplanned Moments

Typically when I record speeches I tap into the DJ’s sound system, and as a backup put a small Sony recorder in a sleeve and slide it on the handheld microphone. But sometimes when I want extra protection, when the feed isn’t super clear or I just have a certain feeling, I mic the speaker’s with my own lapel mics. I did this at Danielle and Kaden’s wedding a few weeks ago and immediately after […]

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The Greatest Moments Are Caught on Dad Cams

I love camcorders. Dad cams, as some call them. There’s something about the mid-2000’s low quality that creates a feeling of nostalgia in me. Moments I didn’t live but feel like I was there. You can’t recreate it on a modern 4K camera by degrading the quality in post. It looses it’s charm. This old piece of equipment doing its darndest to create the best image it can is endearing. Trying to recreate it is […]

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Shared Silence

“That’s when you know you found somebody really special—you can just shut the *beep* up for a minute and comfortably share silence.”

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A Witness To Your Day

I don’t care about the perfect shot. I care about the perfect feeling — the warmth of nostalgia, the weight of a first look, the laughter that only makes sense in that one room on that one day.

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