Field · Available Light
Golden Hour, Aisle 9
EST. 2009
34.0901° N · 118.3617° W
LOS ANGELES — COPENHAGEN
34.0901° N · 118.3617° W
LOS ANGELES — COPENHAGEN
We shapelight intofeeling.
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No. 01 — The Premise
Most studios point a camera. We build the light first — then decide what deserves to stand in it.
Grove Light is a direction and lighting studio working across film, photography, and built space. Every project begins the same way: a study of a single quality of light — its temperature, its angle, the way it falls and what it forgives.
We measure in degrees Kelvin and minutes before sunset. We mix sodium against tungsten, north light against fire. The result is work that feels less photographed than remembered.
No. 02 — Selected Work
Six studies
in falling light.
2009 — 2026 / 14 industries
Portrait
The Technician
Portrait
Counsel, Window Light
Interior · Mixed Source
Roastery, Six A.M.
Portrait
The Maker
Interior · Hard Light
Workshop Rays
No. 03 — Recognition
“They don’t light a set. They light a feeling and let the set arrive.”
’25D&AD Black PencilDirection in Light
’25Cannes Lions — GoldCraft / Cinematography
’24AICP ShowBest Lighting
’24Wallpaper* Design AwardsBest Spatial Work
’23Clio — GrandFilm Craft
’23Dezeen AwardsLighting Project of the Year
No. 04 — Practice
What the studio does.
/ 01Film & Motion DirectionCinematography and lighting direction for campaign, narrative, and title work — from treatment to final grade.
/ 02Photographic LightStills direction and on-set lighting design for fashion, object, and editorial photography.
/ 03Spatial & BuiltPermanent and temporary light installations for retail, exhibition, and architecture.
/ 04Colour & GradeLook development, LUT authorship, and supervised grading across film and print.
No. 05 — The Studio
Twelve people, two coasts, one obsession with the hour before the sun gives up.
Founded in 2009 by cinematographer Mara Voss and lighting designer Elias Grove, the studio sits between film craft and architecture. We are deliberately small — every project carries a principal on set.
We keep a working library of 1,400 measured light conditions, from Reykjavík winter to a single church candle. It is the closest thing we have to a house style.
17yrs
In practice
240+
Projects shipped
31
Awards & honours
Imagery on the main GroveLight marketing site is sourced from this studio’s operator portrait and environment library — category-matched to each industry, never generic stock.