Photography Decisions - Help!!!

[sportscarhiatus]

I am going to be picking up Lightroom soon also. Just an FYI but it is $124.50 at Amazon and you get a free $30 gift card. BH Photo has it for $129.95 plus you get a $25 gift card and a training DVD.

^ THIS!!!

That's why Lightroom is really woo-ing me to buy it right now. That's a killer deal.

Now I just need to find a killer deal on a 50mm

Okay, thanks.:xyxthumbs:

I'm aware of the trials, but was trying to get a good answer as to why one would go with LR over Elements, and your explanation pretty much summed everything I've found already.

Looks like I'll be getting LR and then saving up for CS6 before I stop being a student. lol

Sorry for hi-jacking your thread a little sportscar.

Np at all Chris... if anything, this is helping me out since I learn more. lol. btw, I wish I were still a student.

 

[andrew b]

one aside message to everyone, if you are willing to look at used gear, I highly recommend the buy/sell forum at fredmiranda.com: Specialized in Canon - Nikon SLR Cameras, Forum, Photoshop Plugins, Actions, Reviews, Hosting and Digital Darkroom.

I've bought and sold multipe lenses and other gear there, and have had great experiences (of course, normal due diligence applies). They have a very good feedback system, and the forum is pretty consistent with members, and self-polices well.

One nice part is that many of the people who list things there are professional photogs, and often will buy a lens to use for a project, then sell it. Sure, you only save 20-25%, but the lens is typically in perfect, like new condition, and a couple I have bought I know the person selling it actually went to B&H in NYC and tried multiple cpoies in order tog et a good one. I got a 24-70/2.8 that I would have thought was straight from B&H for 25% off the B&H price, and the seller threw in (without telling me) an extra lens cap and aftermarket lens bag (in addition to the one it that comes with it).

Free to read/buy, $25 a year to list/sell. The other forums there are really good as well, sorted by photography type. Most active are the landscape and portrait sections, though.

 

[Chris's FX4]

You might reconsider the student version or at least familiarize yourself with the update rules. IIRC, the student version cannot be updated to a regular version.

Thanks for that link and info you sent me Andy.:xyxthumbs:

Just to be clear then, I would only need to upgrade to the commercial version if I plan on using it for commercial purposes? I have no intent of using it for commercial use.

Np at all Chris... if anything, this is helping me out since I learn more. lol. btw, I wish I were still a student.

I would feel the same way if I wasn't. This thread is really making me realize I should take advantage of it while I can, on other Adobe products as well.

 

[flyinion]

Just to be clear then, I would only need to upgrade to the commercial version if I plan on using it for commercial purposes? I have no intent of using it for commercial use.

Been a while since I've checked but I'm pretty sure that's correct (I was checking myself since I was running an education discounted CS3 Web Design Suite). I believe also you can just buy the upgrade version and be good. You wouldn't have to buy a full commercial version first in order to do commercial stuff. In other words you could buy the full version student licensing priced one and later on go to a store and buy the standard upgrade priced one and you'd be set if you were going to do commercial stuff.

EDIT: Found the info, 3rd question from the bottom under purchasing policies......... Professional photo editing | Adobe Photoshop CS6 - FAQ