James Chudley

Photos - The unsung heroes of user experience design

Synopsis

@chudders is on a mission to improve the quality of web photos.

He believes that as UX’ers we should do more to influence the photos that are used within the digital products and services that we design.

In his presentation he will show you how significant photos are in terms of conversion, user trust, our emotions and usability.

He’ll also demonstrate the impact of bad photos, share a framework to evaluate the usability of photos and share tips and tricks to help you use photos more effectively within your deliverables.

About James

James (@chudders) has worked in the field of UX for 14 years within academia and both the public and private sectors. He is a User Experience Director at cxpartners where he leads UCD projects for the great and good of the web.

James wrote ‘Smashing UX Design‘ and ‘Usability of Web Photos‘ and co-founded UXBristol in 2011.

He loves all things photographic and combines his love of photography and UX at his www.photoUX.co.uk blog.

Video of James’ talk:

Slides from James’s talk:
http://www.slideshare.net/cxpartners/photo-ux-nux-061014

Sketchnotes from James’ talk:
@chrisspalton’s sketchnotes
@laurencoleman2’s sketchnotes