3D Capture for Artists & Photographers Workshop

Wednesday September 10th 2025 / 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm / San Diego, CA

Discover the artistic potential of PHOTOGRAMMETRY—also known as 3D Capture or Photoscanning. This workshop introduces participants to the process of creating digital three-dimensional models of objects, people, and environments using only a series of photographs and a smartphone.

You’ll learn how to capture a photoscan with your phone and transform it into a 3D model that can be viewed, manipulated, animated, or even 3D printed.

What You’ll Explore:

• Expanding Photography Beyond the Frame: Move from static images to interactive, dimensional representations.

• Digital Sculpture & Virtual Exhibitions: Preserve and share artworks, spaces, or installations in online and immersive formats.

• Creative Image-Making: Experiment with re-lighting, distorting, and remixing 3D meshes for surreal or conceptual projects.

• Archival & Memory Work: Use photogrammetry to preserve fragile artifacts, cultural heritage, or personal archives in high detail.

• Hybrid Analog-Digital Processes: Bring scans back into the physical world through 3D printing, CNC carving, or layered photographic prints.

Why Artists & Photographers Are Drawn to It:

• Accessibility: All you need is a camera (even your phone) and free or affordable software.

• Poetic Potential: Embrace the “glitches” and distortions as part of the creative aesthetic.

• Interdisciplinarity: Merge photography with sculpture, architecture, and digital art.

• Documentation + Transformation: Faithfully preserve reality or radically reinterpret it—the choice is yours.

Artist Inspiration: Ana María Guerra

One of many artists working with photoscanning, Ana María Guerra demonstrates the creative potential of 3D capture in her project Future Fossils. By scanning dead corals and merging them with synthetic counterparts, she creates hybrid forms that speak to environmental fragility in the Anthropocene. Her work shows how photogrammetry can bridge science, ecology, and art—an inspiring example of what participants might explore with these tools. Learn more about her work HERE.

Workshop Cost

Early Registration (through August 31): $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers

Regular Registration (beginning September 1): $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers

View our Workshop Cancellation Policy for FAQs.

If you would like to be considered for financial assistance, please email info@mediumphoto.org