When she was about five, artist Shalee Cooper says her little sister Chantel had a polka dot shirt, and Shalee and older sister Dawn would tease Chantel, saying, “What’s all that polka dot business?”

“Now,” Cooper says, “I can’t get rid of the polka dots. I see them everywhere.”

Since January 2011 Shalee Cooper has served as the 15 Bytes Image Editor, working with our wonderful group of volunteer photographers to forge the eye-popping look of our online magazine. Earlier this month, due to increasing professional responsibilities outside of the magazine, Cooper had to step down from her position at 15 Bytes. She’s not leaving us completely, though, and you’ll still see her fine work as one of our volunteer photographers.