Ambiance Studios

Of course if I could give no stars, I would. Rented warehouse space for a photo shoot. I was told in person on two separate occasions, that the warehouse portion of the facility was air conditioned. Signed the papers, rented the space. The day of the shoot was a very hot and humid August day. Imagine my shock when I found out that in fact there was NO air conditioning
and that I have to tell the clients, the talent and crew that we have to sweat it out. YES, they LIED to my face, twice. Then they said read the fine print of the contract. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!

This studio seems like a good studio at first because of their 40 $/​hr rate, but once you dig deeper they have many hidden fees that are ridiculous. If you want to bring in your own equipment it’s an additional 600 $? Really? If you just read some of these fees they’re stupid, even using the AC or HEATER is a fee. The staff really isn’t the best either, and I wouldn’t want to work with them after meeting with them /​talking on the phone with them. Save yourself the headache.

No zero star rating huh, too bad, Ambiance Studios is a prime candidate.
As the prior review stated, this stage is a joke, well, upon thinking about it, it’s not a joke, jokes will give you a smile, all you get at this stage are headaches, and lots of them!
«I need the space for a prep day and a shoot»…no problem, you just have to pay from the time you enter until the time you leave, including throughout the night” Really, ok, whatever!
«Is the entire facility, including the prep-​area warehouse air conditioned?» «Yes it is!» I and my crew each asked this, three times, same answer. We get their for the prep day, guess what, NO AC in the prep-​area warehouse where we will be shooting! F me, I’m screwed! How about if we keep the doors open from the areas that do have AC? «Nope, you’ll burn out the AC, that will cost you!» Will you bring in a portable AC unit? Nope, go rent it yourself, that’s your problem!” Don’t use more than half of the dumpster or it will cost you”, «Make sure you do this or it will cost you, make sure you do don’t do that or it will cost you», etc etc…”…“it’s in the contract”… A week after the shoot, I get an email that there is sand in their planter area and «you guys were using sand so, it’s yours and you need to clean it out or guess what, $$!» We didn’t have sand anywhere near the plants! We loaded the dumpster inside the studio… I imagine the people who empty the dumpster spilled some of the sand onto their parking lot where it got swepted or? into the plants, but guess what, it’s now my problem, a week later! The response I got from the owner, «I make $ 50M a year, I don’t need to deal with this!»
Never, ever, again! This is the first time in over thirty years in the business that I have ever run into this kind of thing. Live and learn!

This stage is a joke. 11′ high ceiling with a grid where I’m not sure who the man was owner/​stage manager but he was concerned about us rigging go pro cameras to it. What a joke. Came in just to disrupt our pre light telling us what we could and couldn’t do and how much production would be charged for damages. The space lights are a joke. They’re not even real space lights. Make sure you order extra stingers as that’s the only power you can run in this fisher price stage. Don’t waste your time and money here. Visit
for a real stage and real customer service.