Large three-dimensional sculpture to be constructed at Lake Effect

Large three-dimensional sculpture to be constructed at Lake Effect
Courtesy photo Lake Effect Community Arts Center is thankful for a generous grant received from the Schoolcraft County Community Foundation. The funds will be used to help fund their artist residency at the end of June. Artist, Amber Dohrenwend will transform their exhibit space into a large three-dimensional sculptural installation made out of recycled cardboard.

TSS Photography Franchise Secures Spot on Franchise Business Review’s 2024 Culture100 List

TSS Photography Franchise Secures Spot on Franchise Business Review’s 2024 Culture100 List
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Independent Research Identifies TSS Photography Franchise Among Top 100 Franchise Brands with the Best Culture Based on Surveys of Over 36,000 Franchise Owners

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, UNITED STATES, May 29, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — TSS Photography Franchise proudly announces its inclusion in Franchise Business Review’s fifth annual “Culture100” list. This prestigious list highlights the top 100 franchise brands with the best culture, based on extensive research and surveys conducted by over 36,000 franchise owners.

Since its inception in 1983, The Sports Section™ Photography has developed a successful business model that supports photographers in creating profitable businesses while enjoying a balanced lifestyle. Specializing in youth sports, school, and events photography, TSS Photography now operates out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, providing its franchisees with access to a professional print lab and a diverse array of photo finishing products.

Franchise Business Review, an independent franchise market research firm, is renowned for its objective surveys of franchisee satisfaction. Unlike other rankings, FBR’s assessments are based solely on the satisfaction and performance feedback of franchisees. They publish their rankings of top franchises semi-annually in their Guide to Today’s Top Franchises and throughout the year in various industry reports.

TSS Photography stood out among more than 360 franchise brands, with its franchisees rating their experience across 33 benchmark questions. These questions covered essential aspects of their franchise systems, including leadership, core values, community, and engagement. TSS Photography ranks in the top quartile of franchises in the combined 17 key areas that contribute to a robust company culture.

Michelle Rowan, President & COO of Franchise Business Review, remarked, “Finding the right culture fit is an important part of any franchise investment decision, but it can be difficult to gauge. That’s why we gather data on how current franchisees rate a brand’s culture. It tells you whether franchisees believe the franchisor cares about their success and how well the community of support staff and franchisees work together to achieve their business objectives. For anyone looking to buy a franchise, we recommend you start with the brands on this year’s Culture100 list. These companies are rated 20% – 50% higher by their franchisees than other franchise brands in the key areas that contribute to a positive culture.”

TSS Photography’s Outstanding Survey Results:
Core Values: Scored 90 points (13 points higher than the industry average)
Brand Support: Scored 86 points (7 points higher than the industry average)
Support Each Other: Scored 90 points (9 points higher than the industry average)
Visit Franchise Business Review to view the full 2024 Culture100 list.

About TSS Photography Franchise

TSS Photography offers comprehensive support for both seasoned photographers and novices seeking new business opportunities. The franchise provides business advice, marketing materials, training, digital sales solutions, appointment booking, and much more – ensuring franchisees have everything they need to launch or expand their photography businesses.

About Franchise Business Review

Franchise Business Review (FBR) is a leading market research firm specializing in the franchise sector. FBR evaluates franchisee and franchise employee satisfaction and engagement, publishing various guides and reports for entrepreneurs exploring franchise investments. Since 2005, FBR has surveyed hundreds of thousands of franchise owners and over 1,200 leading franchise companies. For more information, visit Franchise Business Review.

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From Virtual Beginnings, Lee Sangsoo’s Spirited Creatures Emerge in Pristine Resin and Steel

From Virtual Beginnings, Lee Sangsoo’s Spirited Creatures Emerge in Pristine Resin and Steel
With painstaking attention to detail, Lee Sangsoo (previously) renders minimal lines and colorful facets into spirited rabbits, perky cats, and elegant swans. The Seoul-based artist works with digital imaging tools to create virtual mockups of each sculpture before translating them into 3D-printed resin or stainless steel. The raw material is then coated in pastel hues or natural gradients, bringing to life siamese cats or vivid parrots. Lee is fascinated by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the evolving, complex relationship between virtual and physical experiences. More

From Virtual Beginnings, Lee Sangsoo’s Spirited Creatures Emerge in Pristine Resin and Steel

From Virtual Beginnings, Lee Sangsoo’s Spirited Creatures Emerge in Pristine Resin and Steel

“Rabbit (Pastel)” (2023), pigment on resin, 27 x 26 x 42 centimeters. All images © Lee Sangsoo, shared with permission

With painstaking attention to detail, Lee Sangsoo (previously) renders minimal lines and colorful facets into spirited rabbits, perky cats, and elegant swans. The Seoul-based artist works with digital imaging tools to create virtual mockups of each sculpture before translating them into 3D-printed resin or stainless steel. The raw material is then coated in pastel hues or natural gradients, bringing to life siamese cats or vivid parrots.

Lee is fascinated by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the evolving, complex relationship between virtual and physical experiences. He often repeats similar motifs in different colors, playing with the idea of replication and focusing on precision. “As long as people can appreciate and be moved by my ideas and way of expressing them, it doesn’t matter whether they are real or virtual,” he says.

Lee is currently working toward a solo exhibition in the fall and will be unveiling public art projects in Korea, China, and Canada in the coming months. Follow him on Instagram for updates.

 

“Sitting Siamese Cat” (2024), paint on resin, 35 x 26 x 40 centimeters

“Swan, Head Turned Sideways” (2023), paint on resin, 60 x 30 x 62 centimeters

“Yellow Parrot (Hanging)” (2023), pigment on resin, 25 x 23 x 70 centimeters

“Stretching Cat (Latte)” (2024), paint on resin, 50 x 17 x 46 centimeters

The artist with “Deer on the Rock” (2023), urethane paint on stainless steel, 243 x 98 x 238 centimeters

Work in progress in the artist’s studio

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Quick tip: Don’t forget about Radiant Photo

Quick tip: Don’t forget about Radiant Photo

New apps, new social media platform updates, new gear. There’s always something new coming at photographers. It’s so easy to be caught up in all that’s new, that sometimes we forget about the perfectly good tools we already have.

That was the case for me recently, until I started doing a task that most of us dread: dumping a few years of photos off my smartphone to my computer storage. There were some key photos from vacations past that I wanted to adjust, but when you’re offloading thousands of photos at midnight, the thought of some tedious touch-up work doesn’t sound too great.

That’s when I thought about my old friend Radiant Photo.

I dragged a photo into the interface, waited 3 seconds for the magic to happen, made another quick adjustment, and began exporting the photo out. Total elapsed time was 8 seconds. Specifically, I used the winter landscape preset and made a sky adjustment. The end result was a sharper photo that more accurately resembled the crisp, cool, wintry setting around Neuschwanstein Castle.

Radiant Photo is great at detailed editing, but we forget that it can help us out in a pinch. Photographers are just like everyone else; we wait until we have way too many photos to go through. But that’s OK, we have tools that can make great decisions on their own to make us more efficient. Keep that in mind.

Check out our Radiant Photo archive to find out more about what you can do with this software.