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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Reader’s Choice Award Winner 3 Years in a Row!
We got word a few weeks ago that The Bride’s Book, a popular, well received resource magazine for bride’s all over the Southeast has named us their Reader’s Choice Award Winner for Videographers in our region. Their readership has grown to over 160,000 and they hold an annual vote from their bride’s on who the...
Home Video Edit Packages
Imagine being able to sit down and enjoy all of your favorite, filmed memories, beautifully re-mastered and transferred to DVD.  Whether it’s baby’s first steps, an annual vacation, your wedding day or the holidays, family footage is a precious glimpse into our history.  Allow Life Stage to take the time to craft your meaningful moments...
Matt a Featured Blogger on IN[FOCUS]
I am fortunate enough to know so many great wedding videographers and filmmakers in the industry. So many of my friends and colleagues have influenced me and our work here at Life Stage. I now feel humbled to be part of a great team of business owners and creative artists to make the wedding videography...
Life Stage Studio Time! (Kevin Millard Style)
Kevin Millard of KMI Wedding Photography decided he wanted to do a documentary of some of his favorite wedding vendors, of course us. Instead of video, he decided to do what he knows best (take photos) and try out something new (audio recording). In all honesty, he came with about 30 minutes notice...
Life Stage Babies
As most of you know, Melissa gave birth to our first daughter in December. Well, its an understatement that we are smitten, this girl is stinkin’ cute! And we are going to have to fight off the boys including Eli Warkentien! Eli is the son of Amy (one of our videographers) and he was born...
Become a “Fan”!
Hey Everybody!
We just recently created a profile and “Page” for Life Stage Videography on good ‘ol Facebook and would love it if everyone could take a second and join our little club HERE. It allows us to post new videos, get out information about what’s going on and create a better sense of “community” so...