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...
Category Archives: Wedding Industry News
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...
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...
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...
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...
Getting Married? You’ll need someone to make it legal!
Wilmington Wedding Minister
Meet Dave Holt, a regular guy with a passion for marriage. He knows that marriage is more than just a wedding and focuses on the fact that you are making a commitment for life. Years, months, and weeks of preparation go into making a ceremony full of memories that will last a lifetime....
Featured Vendor – Paco Strickland
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We jumped on board as soon as we heard the great idea of honoring someone in the wedding industry that inspires us. The BrideTide (a HUGE source for news and everything weddings) in conjunction with The Pledge Bank started a movement about a month ago that we just had to be a...
The Valentine’s Day Anti-Recession E-Session Giveaway Contest
In celebration of the wonderful Hallmark Holiday known as Valentine’s Day, we are doing something VERY exciting!
This is kinda last minute so we need to get the word out NOW so we can come up with a winner by February 13th! We will only have a small window of time to shoot the e-session too!
We...
10 Real Questions to Ask Your Videographer
¬†There is a growing trend in the wedding video industry that is shaking things up. More and more creative talent is popping up all over the country that is tired of the “Wedding Video” stereotype. And we welcome it! We know that brides aren’t being properly educated on the value of a wedding video/film, so...
This Mom (& Bride) Get It!
We received this email from a mother of the bride in September. Not only are we humbled by her words, but we feel others could benefit from hearing how much more valuable a good video can be after the wedding. Its easy not find it important before hand with all the planning going on, but...
To the Beat of a Different Drum…
Life Stage Videography = Good Music
I’ll let you all in on a little secret…I never planned on being a wedding videographer. I always thought wedding videos were either really corny, or really boring. On top of that, I never had to think about them because they weren’t important to me. Didn’t know much about them....
HD Wedding Videos
Never really been the kind of guy to talk “tech” stuff about our equipment on our blog or website. There are videographers that boast their equipment all over their sites. Our philosophy holds true to the statement “it’s all in how you use it that matters.” We have put much more emphasis on how your...
“Engagement Story” Contest!
*UPDATE 3/10/08* – This Contest is Now Featured on www.HowIGotEngaged.com ! If you enter the contest through this blog, be sure to copy your story on that site as well for everyone to see.
Well, now that Christmas and Valentine’s Day have come and gone, we decided we would like to know about all of...
Our Website Make-Over
We wanted to shine the spotlight on the people that make our website look good! Over the past year, we have tried numerous ways to “decorate” our website as best as we could. Problem is we are videographers, not photographers! So, instead of using our old still images from our videos we decided that photos...
Article on Wedding Videography
One of the best publications for brides and groom’s alike in the Southeast is The Bride’s Book. They asked us to write an article on the importance of wedding videography and what couples should know about wedding videos, most specifically here in the Southeast and North Carolina. You can pick up the current Fall/Winter Bride’s...
Your Wedding Videography Questions Answered
We know that the majority of people that come to our website (www.lifestagefilms.com) looking for a wedding video, have never had to “shop” for a wedding videographer before. We know that you might not know where to begin with your questions. Heck, you might not even know what wedding videography can be. You were just...
Wedding Video Gift Registry
We hope to make it easier for everyone to be able to re-live their wedding day through the window of our unique videography. The form to the right will quickly allow friends and family to have a lasting contribution on a bride and groom’s marriage by purchasing a portion of their Wedding Video. We use...
98% of Newlyweds Recommend Brides Get Their Wedding Filmed
If there’s one thing newly married women today agree on, it’s that future brides should have their weddings videotaped. This is according to a new, one-of-a-kind nationwide survey, commissioned by WEVA (Wedding & Event Videographers Association) and conducted in December 2005, which asked women married in 2005 to weigh in on the value of wedding...
Life Stage Videography Receives Regional Award!
Life Stage is honored and humbled to have received 2007 Reader’s Choice Award from the Bride’s Book, a highly respected and award winning bridal magazine for the Southeast. Over 1000 brides voted on which vendor was the best in the field and we were chosen as top videographers! Thank you so much to all our...
Life Stage Videography on the News
Life Stage Videography was featured on Wilmington’s WECT NBC affiliate regarding our unique approach to wedding videography. It focused on the ease and importance of having a “highlights” video to be able to share and enjoy with friends and family. Take a look at the clip below.
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