Octane

Hahaha! Good one.

good point! You want to spend your time with and on the clients that pay you, not with those that try to get you for free.

Exactly, preserve your reputation. And as you said, i have done jobs without getting payed for, but received something else in value that was roughly equal or even worth more to my biz.

This sums it up brilliantly! Go Harlan Ellison!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE

The more you work for free, the more your name gets out there as 'the guy that does it for free'. You ruin your reputation before you build it up.

Haha, yes I heard it all, in every possible variation. True professionals don't have trouble laughing at such 'offers'. The problem are those who are struggling or those who are just starting out....

I just love the title of the article! Hats off to DPReview!

Hey buddy, can hold your phone with the LED light on? Thanks! Ok and you, can you do the same from the other side? Awesome, OK let's take the shot.

Let's use the word 'social' and let's use...

Here is a thought. So far Adobe has limited support to the latest RAW support to the most recent version of Photoshop and Lightroom. BUT at the same time it always kept it's DNG converter available...

That would mean DPReview taking sides with the consumer rather than the vendor. I highly doubt we will see that happening.

Whatever, Adobe! Sure you keep Lightroom out of the cloud but instead of adding features into Lightroom you add them to CC only software. Lightroom is already obviously not what it could be to...

I would say a bit of both. Most photographers do it as a hobby and it makes it hard to spend money over and over for features that only professionals need.
But even professionals don't upgrade all...

Currently I own a license of Photoshop. Period.

Copyright, the source code or software patents is a completely different things. You also don't own those when you buy a smart phone, a car or buy...

None of the options truly express how I feel about it. And none of the three articles on Adobe's move are in any way critical or reflect how users feel. But I'm not surprised. Let's just be honest...

I think there is nothing wrong with using the current version of Photoshop and Lightroom for the time being. Adobe isn't taking your current versions away, they just change the future versions to...

Not really. Wedding photographers make you pay for each individual photo. But there is no continued license fee to keep the prints. Once you pay for a print it's yours.

There are also plenty of...

@vFunct that's not true. In many countries the so called license agreement is outdone by local law and you actually now the software. That level of ownership doesn't allow you to resell it, but...

@vFunct that's not true. In many countries the so called license agreement is outdone by local law and you actually own the software. That level of ownership doesn't allow you to resell copies, but...

You can buy a prepayed credit card and use that. It requires no credit history or bank account.