About
Twenty-five years of showing up ready.
Santa Barbara Grip & Lighting is owner Ray Hinton Jr and the crews he trusts, supplying gear and people to productions across the California Tri-Counties.
For over 25 years, SB Grip has put productions on their feet across the Central Coast, working out of Thousand Oaks and Solvang and reaching Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. Film and television, commercials, broadcast, documentaries, and live events. If it needs to be rigged, lit, or moved, we have done it before.
The job is simple to say and hard to do well: bring the right gear, bring the right people, and be ready before the camera is. Stocked grip trucks, Fisher and Chapman camera dollies, LED and tungsten lighting, big HMI units, and the motion picture generators and power distribution to run them. Crews who know how to shape light fast, scaled to the size of the day, from a single key on a tabletop to a full overhead grid on a soundstage.
Ray runs it the way the good ones always have. Answer the phone, give a straight answer, and deliver what was promised, from the first setup to the last wrap. That is why producers and event planners across the coast keep calling back.
How we work
No drama. Just the shot.
- Stocked grip trucks that arrive complete, so the day does not stall waiting on gear.
- Fisher and Chapman camera dollies, track, and rigging for moves that hold.
- LED, tungsten, and HMI lighting up to 18K, shaped and balanced for the look you are after.
- Motion picture generators and power distribution, so you can light anywhere.
- Full crews: grip, electric, camera support, and sound, sized to your call sheet.
- Local knowledge of Tri-County stages, theaters, hangars, and locations.
- One point of contact from the first call to wrap.
Work with us
Bring us your shoot.
Tell Ray what you are shooting and when. He will tell you what it takes and what is available.