One of the most common tasks undertaken with Photoshop is that of photo retouching and editing. I recently took a striking photo of a dog that was spoiled green line being in the foreground of the photo. To improve my Photoshop editing skills, I decided to remove the line from the photo and add some [...]
On February 9th, I will be presenting at an Agile Academy Meetup in Brisbane on combining agile and usability. Over the past 3 years at Suncorp, my primary focus in my role has been to combine usability with agile. This has been a challenging endeavour for two main reasons: Traditional usability closely resembles the [...]
Coming home on the train this week, the frantic behaviour of a woman who was visually impaired highlighted some important aspects about accessibility, usability, design changes and user behaviour. Consider the location of a button on a train door. This button is always located on both sides of the door in both older and new train [...]
Did you ever wonder how photographers capture those amazing shots of bolts of lightening streaking over the sky? It would have to be one of the most challenging photos to capture. The ‘non-storm’ this evening provided me with ample opportunity to use the manual settings on my Olympus e520 DSLR to improve my ability to [...]
One of my friends approached me to assist her with designing two banners to be used at the Pro-Homebirth Rally in Canberra in September. She had been looking through the suggested banner designs from the rally organisers and decided she would like to stand out in the crowd with a custom banner design. So she [...]
Teale Shapcott is a multidisciplinary User Experience expert passionate about making websites, software and intranets easy to use and engaging for people. A recognised thought leader in field of Agile
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Recently I had the pleasure of designing a new logo for Aylwards Dog School to use on their new website to be released later this year. Aylwards Dog School was established 22 years ago by Mike Aylward in Rosewood Queensland. The school specialises in dog obedience, personal protection training and tracking training. Mike & Megan [...]
Over the past six months, I have created a large collection of over 2000 dog photographs with my weekend canine photography hobby. What to do now? Why not create some cool posters using some of my favourite quotes about dogs! Here are some examples! Enjoy!
One of the most common tasks undertaken with Photoshop is that of photo retouching and editing. I recently took a striking photo of a dog that was spoiled green line being in the foreground of the photo. To improve my Photoshop editing skills, I decided to remove the line from the photo and add some [...]
On May 6th & 7th, the full moon was big and bright. The biggest and brightest it has been in 18 years. This is due to the yearly spectacle of Super Moon also known as the Perigee Moon by astrologers.
Boa Constrictors, Albino Wallabies, Baboons, Alpacas, Koala, Red Pandas, Tahr, Lemurs and Sun Bears.. This is just a small group of the 53 species of animals you will find at Alma Park Zoo, 30 minutes north of Brisbane. As a photographer, Alma Park Zoo is a fantastic location that provides you with many opportunities to [...]
To improve my photography skills with my DSLR, I decided to time box a session in an unfamiliar location. I believe that the ability to use the resources around you and think quickly on your feet really helps to capture great photographs.