EDGE Studios & Grip

This is a great space to shoot at.
Negotiated a reasonable daily rate over the phone and when I got the quote, my client booked it with ease and I looked like a winner.
While I do I wish there were ovens and a full kitchen for food photography, the studio was very upfront about what they had and I was welcome to scope out all the equipment a day beforehand to make sure I had what I needed to proceed with a food shoot. Fun fact – saw some former Calumet employees here which was TERRIFIC because Calumet left so many of them high and dry when that company suddenly closed shop.
The only negative the whole day was the fact that there was condensation drip from the ventilation pipes and in the middle of our shoot, water started steadily dripping (maybe a drop every minute or so) onto our styled shoot and the camera equipment. It wasn’t horrific and it was slow enough to where my assistant and I easily readjusted, but definitely annoying and one of those things you definitely don’t need when you have a client hanging over your head and you’re trying to make magic happen.
The staff was super friendly and understanding when it took us a while to clean up. We saw them repaint the white cyc wall while we were getting our stuff together and in a matter of minutes their team made the studio look brand spanking new and welcoming for the next client.
If you’re a working creative professional in the city, you need to have a roster of available studios of all sizes and price points ready to go when you book commercial shoots and EDGE should definitely be pretty up there.

BEST. WEDDING VENUE. EVER! We recently had our dream wedding at Edge studio & grip, and renting the space was a big part of the day. We worked with Jessica, the event manager, and she made the entire process a breeze. She was a mix of professional and fun, while going above and beyond for us as clients. She was flexible with rentals, with the caterer, and with random requests that we had throughout the process.
The venue was clean and exactly as she promised it would be for the day of our event. Jess and the Edge team were very responsive and helped in whatever way they could, leading up to the wedding.
Everyone had such an amazing time at the wedding, and could not get over how pretty the space was. Thanks again to Jess and the Edge team, for a wonderfully successful and stress free day!

Sean Kilgore Han and company have provided us the best service and studio I have ever been to. Everyone is very helpful at this space, no pretentious vibes here folks. Studio has been great for the shoots I have been on and I cannot stress how great this place is

By far one of my favorite studios to work, play, and rent at in Los Angeles.
I’ve been in the industry for years, working everywhere from Milk Studios (pretentious but always a pleasure) to those sketchy DTLA «studios» that consist of 4 walls, shoddy electricity, and not much else (broken gear, if you’re lucky). EDGE has all the amenities of the former (a clean space, on-​site equipment rentals, good location, awesome staff) without sacrificing your entire budget for a slick veneer and on-​demand green juice (though their veneer ain’t shabby and they do have a Nespresso machine!)
On the rentals side: they always have everything I need, the prices are some of the best in town, and the guys know their stuff. Do yourself a favor and just skip Samy’s. I usually deal with Sean (who used to help me a lot a Milk back in the day!) and he’s great, as is everyone else.
I’ve hosted a small party at the space as well and everyone had an amazing time. They have a digital projector and a huge cyc, which was awesome for movies.
So if you want a quality space (all the power you could need) and equipment, super accommodating staff, give these guys a shot. They’re still relatively new on the scene but building a solid reputation. Lowkey one of the best studios/​rental houses in town.

I’m sure this company is great for rentals equipment, but thats about it. Renting the studio was a disaster. The staff is nice, but the management is a mess.
We had called to rent the venue for a private event. We had a «Hold» on a date, that they assured us would be saved for us. When we called to ask for the contract, they said our «hold was given away and mistakenly double booked. This happened 2x, and it was only down hill from there.
They «promised» us a million things and didn’t deliver on any of them. They added chargers once it was too late to back out and find another studio. They never return calls, and took a month to get us a contract. They tell you there is plenty of parking, and then will tell you (a few days before using the studio) to bring a check for $ 25 per spot you use across the street. I was a professional event planner for 8 years, this was the worse venue I have ever come across. They made our rental process a horrible experience. I recommend that anyone that works with them get everything in writing, they over promise and under deliver by 100%.
We were promised:
— the venue at a cheaper cost than we paid (they had us pay the difference in the deposit and then made up a bunch of charges to keep it). The only valid charge was damage to a wall. The rest were completely false claims. They said the bathroom was damaged by a female product, which is impossible because we rented portable restrooms for females, only males used the restroom they are claiming.
— They promised us access to a parking lot that never came to fruition and we had to scrabble to rent another lot for our guest which was an added cost we didn’t anticipate
— We had to chasing the venue down for a contract for almost 8 weeks and they promised us every time we spoke, by EOD today, 8 wks later that day finally came.
They hiked up the deposit price 48 hours prior to our rental date by 50% leaving us no choice but to pay it.
I could write a book about all the issues we had with the way this business is run, but it’s just taken too much and cost way to much to continue to dwell on. I just hope that the next person that uses the venue learns from our mistakes with them.