Adam Weitner – Founder of Astrolab Studios (Ep33)

In this episode we hear from the founder of Toronto's Astrolab Studios - one of the most popular boutique studios for commercial film and photography located on the Revival Film Studios lot in the city's downtown neighbourhood of Leslieville. Adam found his way into studio ownership from a previous career in Press Relations and has since begun developing is talents behind the decks as a house music DJ and behind the lens as a still photographer becoming commercially sought after for his work with professional athletes. Links: StartWell Podcasts on the Web: https://magazine.startwell.co/magazine/podcasts/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/startwell/id1391959054 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mZuqf6L5g1fUJRTSttVQs Astrolab Studios: https://astrolab.studio [expand title="Podcast Transcript"] Qasim Virjee 0:29 All right, welcome back to another episode of the start well, Podcast. I'm Qasim and this time in studio with my friend Adam wiener wiener whitener? Yeah, it's a German name. Yeah, you got it. That's it awesome. Qasim Virjee 0:45 Adam is going to be telling us all sorts of magical stories about his wonderful life in creative stuff. And I'm excited to dig into all that his adventures yield in terms of inspiration for anyone considering paths, you know, in their career in, in the arts, in culture, in business, and all that together. So, welcome to the studio. Adam. Thank you very much. Thank you, Qasim for having me here. Of course, pleasure to have you here. Man. I don't know how magical the stories will be. But I'll I'll do my best to fill them with as much wimzie as I can. Absolutely. You know, I'm not gonna hold you against any particular measure of magic. My daughter is not in studio with us today. So she's not gonna be you know, expecting unicorns. Qasim Virjee 1:30 Go for it. Perfect. Let's start with an introduction cake. Because I know you. We haven't known each other that long. But, but it's been really cool. Because my take on who you are is probably a limited slice of who you think you are? Of course. Sure. Yeah. So why don't why don't you tell our audience and tell me a little bit of a little bit of who the the Adam Vianna Yeah. You know, story, how that story unfolded? And brought you sure Adam Weitner 1:57 Well, yeah, I'll start with just a quick who I am. So again, my name is Adam Whitener. And, you know, you might know me as the owner of a studio called astrolabe Studios, which is a studio. And this is how Qasim really knows me. You know, it's a studio setup to support Toronto's creative community, predominantly commercials, corporate videos, Adam Weitner 2:21 music videos, sort of anything greater than visual, basically, that's sort of what we're set up to support. So we're a facility a space, you know, we've got like the white site coves and we've got lots of gear lighting, etc, etc, etc. So that's kind of how I'd say most how most people know me, because that's the business that I created the brand and I created astrolabe studios, right. That's what I'm really known for. But I'm also a photographer, and that's really been taking off for me. That's been something I would have called like, a side passion hobby thing for many, many years. Qasim Virjee 3:04 We all felt like pros, right? Totally. Yeah, the power in your head. Adam Weitner 3:07 Absolutely. And learning to shoot manual. You know, that was my first camera where I learned to shoot manual. Anyway. So I'm a photographer as well. And I'm sure we'll talk more about that. Sure. And then I'm also now this is just kind of funny to me. But I guess you could say, I'm technically a DJ, I've actually b