About Us

Welcome to Abetica™ Studios

Abetica Studios was founded in 2006 as a creative passion project by Daniel Stiel, beginning as a design studio and fine arts gallery providing solutions to corporate clients, art collectors, architects, and designers. The studio was also an authorized retailer of exceptional furnishings from Knoll, Modernica, BluDot, Yamagiwa, and other distinctive modern collections.

Today, Abetica Studios has evolved into providing marketing-focused design solutions to select clients, including aerial photography and cinematography.

Our team continues to support the arts, education and environmental stewardship through a variety of on-going efforts. 

About Daniel Stiel

Dan was born in Manhattan and raised in Southern California, and is a University of Southern California School of Business graduate with over forty years of marketing leadership and innovation successes with some of America’s most successful companies and brands.

Best known for his automotive, architectural, action sports, landscape, and travel images, Dan is an award winning marketing-focused photographer, aerial cinematographer, artist and creative director based in Southern California, with advanced training and competency in latest versions of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic and Premiere Pro.

Not one to relax on the sidelines, Dan continues to challenge himself and his collaborators to evolve, learn and embrace positive change and growth in every aspect of one’s personal and professional life. A few things you may not know about Dan:

• FAA 107-certified and insured commercial drone pilot and aerial photographer with advanced training and experience piloting a range of high-end cinema drones, including the DJI Matrice 600 Pro and Inspire 2.
• Licensed California Commercial Real Estate Broker (DRE #01886935) since 2010.