Category Archives: Life Stage News

North Brunswick Magazine Article…On Us!

Check out the recent North Brunswick Magazine article written on “small businesses that are making a large impact”. We couldn’t be happier on how it turned out and are so thankful for the exposure. Mad props to Amy, Zach, Melissa, Michelle and Kara for being an all-star team!
Check out the full article HERE.

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Matt Davis/Life Stage Films Cover Story on EVENTDV Magazine!

Read EVENTDV Magazine’s Cover Story HERE on Life Stage Films.
Wow.Very humbled to share with everyone a very big milestone in our business. Event Filmmaking’s trade magazine, EVENTDV, rolled out their June 2010 issue with Life Stage ON THE COVER! The cover story is all about our history in the business, our mission and some not...

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NEW Videographer Educational Resources Available!

Professional Videographers: Purchase Sales & Marketing Resources HERE From “Head Coach” Matt Davis
We are excited to announce some very wonderful news coming out of the Life Stage studio! As many of you know, our very own Matt Davis was named one of EventDV’s Top 25 Hottest & Most Influential Event Filmmakers and has spent the...

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FREE Webinar for Videographers: Tips To Improve Your Business TODAY!

Hello fellow videographers!
It’s wedding season which means we are running full speed without breaks until November. Do you continue telling yourself, you’ll catch up on edits, sleep and personal time next month then six months later you are still saying the same thing? Don’t get caught up in the same cycle as years past!...

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HOPE 127 – Helping Street Children in Kenya

(PLEASE ALLOW VIDEO TO LOAD BEFORE WATCHING if in HD)

I have to admit, wedding cinema wasn’t my first passion. When we started this business, we were living in Mexico as missionaries. We knew we had to return home soon, and wanted some way to make a global impact from home. We started our video business,...

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Sign Up for Our Monthly Newsletter!

We know keeping up with us is sometimes hard to do. So we want to make it easy for you to follow us along both in our work and our personal lives! We have thousands of people every month that already get our newsletters. In them, you will find links and videos of our recent...

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Life Stage Films – Named Top 25 IN THE WORLD!

I still can’t believe it as I type it. But it’s true! On February 24th, 2010 Life Stage Films was named one of the hottest, most influential event filmmaking studios, in the world! This honor was given to us by the biggest trade magazine in our industry, EventDV Magazine. The biggest honor is that our...

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Orton’s Secret Garden Event/ FREE Wedding Giveaway!

If you are getting married this year in Wilmington, NC or the Cape Fear Region, DO NOT miss this event! We are so excited to be part of Orton Plantations “Secret Garden” weddings and event gathering, in celebration of 100 years of making this region more beautiful. Orton has taken the typical “bridal show” a...

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Life Stage Films – “The Knot” Best of Weddings Winner for 2010!

So excited to announce that we are North Carolina’s “Best of Weddings” 2010 Winner for Videographers from “The Knot“!
You can check out the other great vendors that won the award for every area of your wedding here as well!
To be associated with “The Knot” as a trustworthy and creative wedding cinema studio is an honor...

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2009 Life Stage Films Greatest Hits

Another year gone by! We can’t believe 2009 is over already. This year seemed to go by extra fast because we had Penelope, our new born baby girl turn 1 year old in December! There is no way she is 1 already. I just don’t believe it.
Although 2009 may be a year most people want...

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Matt Davis – Featured Speaker at IN[FOCUS] 2010

Very excited to announce some last minute news! IN[FOCUS], one of the premier video conferences for the Wedding Film Industry has asked Matt Davis, signature videographer and owner of Life Stage to be a featured speaker at their event in Austin, TX January 18-20th, 2010. *Watch* the video below to hear more about what I’ll...

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Thankful…

This is what I am so very thankful for this year and every year. But this year is different. Our lives have changed so much with the addition of our Penelope. She brings so much joy. She has given us a new perspective on what love is. I have never experienced a love quite like...

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FREE Webinar for Videographers: Featuring Matt Davis of Life Stage Films

We are excited to launch our “Coaching for Wedding Videographers” program and have finally nailed down the curriculum. It’s been in the works all year and we will be revealing more about it within the next few weeks. However, if you are a videographer you can’t possibly say “No” to our first webinar we are...

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Award Winner + Presenter: Our WEVA Experience

Last month we not only experienced an incredible educational opportunity for ourselves, but we reached a major milestone in our business. We attended the 19th annual WEVA (Wedding and Event Videographers Association) convention in Orlando, Florida. It is the biggest trade show of its kind for our industry and it was our 2nd time attending....

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Why Have a Video When You Can Have a Film?

We are excited to announce and launch our new branding! We are still Life Stage, we just felt we wanted to get away from the word “video” so we could properly advertise what it is we provide. Yes, we provide “wedding videos”. But we’d like to argue they are a little bit different than a...

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Videographers

We are very thrilled to be headed to Orlando, Florida in a few weeks to be a part of an awesome line up of business owners & filmmakers at the WEVA (Wedding & Event Videographers Association) Video Expo & Trade Show. This is our industry’s largest and most popular trade show and we are excited...

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Meet Beth!

Beth came on with us about a month ago as our new consultant and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her here. She will be our point person for our couples that call in looking for a unique wedding film, or businesses that are looking for web advertising with our sister company Your Best...

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They love us! They really love us!

Life Stage has had a tremendous year thus far!¬† We’ve had the opportunity to work with some beautiful brides, amazing vendors and at some incredible locations.¬† Recently a few of them told us what they think about Life Stage and we were truly blown away by the love.¬† Thank you, thank you, thank you to...

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A Vintage Wedding Experience – Super 8mm Film

Life Stage Films – Super 8mm Demo from Matt Davis on Vimeo.
You would think in today’s age of HD this and HD that, people would have forgotten old film along time ago. But you see, its more popular than ever. Super 8mm and 16mm are special. Just something about it draws you in. And that...

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Wedding Channel “Bridal Blog Awards” Finalist!

Someone out there likes us! Seems we were nominated a few times for the Wedding Channel’s “Bridal Blog Awards” for Best Wedding Vendor Blog. Over 200 blogs were nominated and then the Wedding Channel Team picked their favorite 5 and wrote why they loved us and why each vendor was a great contributor the the...

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