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One of the author, Arianna Grainey’s, first winning photographs

Guest blog by Arianna Grainey
Freelance photographer

As a student, trying to get a break into photography can be hard – often, you have no idea where to start. The same can hold true for amateur photographers looking to break into the business. Thankfully, there are many steps you can take on your own to get your photography out in the world, and these same steps also help small businesses looking to get their images exposed to more viewers. Here are some effective ways I’ve been able to expose my photography to new audiences, which you can apply to your own small business, as well. (more…)

Guest blog by Roy Rasmussen
Co-author of Cloud Computing Simplified for Small Businesses for DMS & Associates

If a picture is worth a thousand words, CX’s new expanded slideshow features can be worth thousands of dollars to your business. Not just for sharing personal photo albums, slideshows can lend audiovisual aid to a number of important business applications. From product demonstrations, tutorials and training, to promotion and sales and even financing, various business functions can benefit from strategic use of slideshows. Here are some examples. (more…)

Welcome to Up on the CX Cloud, a weekly feature where we spotlight one of our CX users. Want to participate? If we feature you, you’ll score CX Rewind for half-off for a year. Go to our Facebook page here for all the details.

Kero Arandela

Kero Arandela

CX User Name: noheart24

CX Profile Link

Hometown, State, Country: San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines

Current Town, State, Country: Cainta, Rizal, Philippines

How long have you been a CX member? 9 months.

Why did you join CX? To centralize and secure online photos, videos, documents and files.

What do you use the CX cloud the most for? Syncing my pictures and videos from my Android phone and PC. (more…)

Happy Halloween! In honor of today’s festive holiday, we’ve compiled some of the best costumes our staff and users have donned throughout the years. What are you dressing up as tonight? Let us know on our Facebook page here.

Here is CX user Jesseca Stewart, dressed up as a dark fairy.

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The author, Alexandro Lacadena Gomez

Guest blog by Alexandro Lacadena Gomez
Freelance photographer

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When we go to a store to buy something, the first sense we use is sight. It’s well-known that if we go to a bakery and see a pastry, if we like how it looks, we’re more likely to buy it than if we see a poor-looking croissant. In the online world, it’s the same — people want to see the product, and if they like how it looks in the pictures, well done! If not, a change is needed.

The way to face the photographic work depends on what product is being offered, if there is an online store, or if there is just a website showing the physical store. Ultimately, everyone wants the same thing, to give a great impression and sell as much possible.

With an online store, the main objective is to show the product being sold. Sometimes when I visit an online store, I see poor shots that only result in losing buyers. Get better results by taking care of the details: framing, point of view (POV), background, lighting, sharpening and white balance. I’ll show some examples using my Nokia 808, and I’m going to explain a little bit about the details’ importance to me, as a photographer and possible customer. (more…)