3D · Bespoke Gaussian splats

Not a video of the place. The place.

Photoreal 3D captures of real objects, rooms and buildings. Explored live in any browser. Filmed from angles no camera could reach. Built into experiences that belong to you alone.

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One capture, three ways in

I photograph a place once, from every angle. After that, the camera is yours.

A splat is built from hundreds of my photographs into a living 3D scene. What happens next is up to you.

01

Explore it

Live, in the browser, on any phone or computer. No app, no download. People walk around it, get close and find things for themselves.

Most studios send you a film of a 3D scene. I send you the scene.
02

Film it

A cinematic film rendered from the capture, along a camera path we design after the shoot: slow glides, impossible fly-throughs, held moments. Made for hero banners, socials, screens and events.

Proof: the candlelit procession through Guisborough Priory.
03

Take it

The 3D files themselves, plus high-resolution stills from any viewpoint inside the scene. Ready for your own team, website or 3D pipeline.

Stills from positions no tripod could stand.
What a captured scene lets you do

The shot isn't decided on the day. It's decided when you're ready.

Shoot once, choose forever

The camera is virtual. Months later, you can still go back in for a different angle, a closer look or a new film. Nothing is locked in at the capture.

Where no camera can stand

Through a window, above the nave, a fingertip from the glaze. There's no rig in shot, no scaffold and no drone permit, and nothing to paint out.

Merge worlds

Separate captures can be combined into one scene: an object set into a place, or two moments brought together in the same space.

Bring stillness to life

The capture is a frozen moment, so I add the motion around it: figures, light, particles, processions. Real place, authored life.

Rebuild what's gone

A lost roof, a vanished interior, a window as it once was. Reconstruction sits exactly in place, inside the real surviving fabric.

Art direction, not just data

Every capture is composed, lit and finished like a photograph, because that's where it starts. It's an image first and a dataset second.

The capture is the start. What's built on it is the point.

No templates. Every experience is designed around your audience.

Here's what can be layered into a capture to make people feel something, learn something or do something:

Guided toursA set route, with narration or captions at each stop
Points of interestTap a spot to open a photo, film, document, voice or story
SoundAmbience, music or spoken memories that change as you move
Then and nowPast and present, day and night, before and after
Scale and detailDimensions, labels and close-ups exactly where they matter
ActionBook, buy, enquire or donate, built right into the experience

It works anywhere: on your website, from a QR code on site, on a gallery screen or in a VR headset.

Who it's for

Anywhere being there matters

Makers & retail

Let them pick it up before they buy it.

Turn it over, zoom into the craft and see its true size, with a buy button on the product itself.

Art & heritage

An exhibition that never has to close.

Fragile, remote or at-risk places open to everyone, with stories told inside the space.

Hotels & venues

Guests book what they've already walked round.

Real space, light and layout, beyond what a wide-angle shot can show.

Industry

Show the scale of what you make.

Plant, machinery and product, visited without an induction. Striking in tenders and on stands.

Automotive

Every angle, every detail.

A photoreal walk-around for forecourts, classics, restorations and one-offs.

Film, music & brands

Sets and props you can return to.

Background plates, impossible camera moves and stills for campaigns and videos.

Training

Learn the space before stepping into it.

Remote inductions with hazards and procedures placed in the real environment.

Education & visitors

Bring the place to them.

Classrooms, accessible routes and public buildings, explored before arrival.

Work so far

See it, don't take my word for it

Straight talking

Not everything wants to be captured

Splatting is young, and some subjects fight back. I'd rather tell you up front than surprise you at delivery.

I'm still exploring what's possible, and I'm curious. If your subject is on the tricky list, I'll still have a go. Risky captures are done as an experiment, sometimes at no cost, on the clear understanding that a finished result isn't guaranteed. If it works, we both win. If it doesn't, you've lost nothing and we've both learned something.

Prices · introductory rates

Clear starting points. Every job written up on one page first.

Capture

One splat, processed, cleaned and live on a viewer page or embedded on your site.

from £200 object
  • Room or space from £500
  • Building or site from £1,000
Best place to start

Applied showcase

A capture with authored layers: points of interest, high-res photographs and story text.

£1,500–3,500
  • Designed around your audience
  • Your photos, films and words in place
  • Or a cinematic film tour, with captions, sound and extra locations

Bespoke experience

Priory-scale and beyond: reconstruction, authored 3D, motion, film, games and on-site use.

from £5,000
  • Typically £8–12k
  • Scoped together, job by job
Cinematic filmRendered from your capture, along a camera path designed after the shoot. A simple film adds £500 to the capture. Fuller tours with captions, sound and extra locations sit in Applied showcase.
Hosting & upkeepKept live and working, around £150 a year.
TravelIncluded across the Tees Valley. Beyond that, 45p a mile or train fare at cost, plus agreed expenses.
Photography

Still prefer a photograph? So do I, often.

BookingIncludesPrice
Half day (3–4 hrs)15–20 edited images, number agreed up front£300
Full day (6–8 hrs)30–40 edited images, number agreed up front£500
Extra imagesBeyond the agreed numberPer image
Add a 3D captureTo any photo dayCapture rates

On location or in my studio, at the same rate. Business use is included; I keep the copyright. Large captures that need extra cloud processing are passed on at cost. All prices are introductory.

How it works

Four steps, no surprises

Talk

What it is, who it's for and what you want them to feel or do.

Scope

Everything written on one page: what you get, when, and the price.

Capture

I photograph your subject, on site or in the studio.

Build & launch

Processed, crafted and handed over live, as a film, as files, or all three.

Start with a conversation

Got something worth stepping inside?

Tell me what it is. If I haven't tried it yet, I'll probably want to.

contact@theteessidephotographer.com