reason wrote:
www.google.com use simple keywords and spend 15 minutes.. It's not hard and you'll be rewarded for your "hard" work.
Seriously I can't actually believe there are photographers who pay for LR presets. When I read this post I thought it was a joke to make fun of that site.
If you all can't spend a few minutes to learn LR and make your own presets maybe photography is not for you. "Photographers" these days don't want to invest anything in their own business. Everyone wants EVERYTHING and NOW.
Why be creative when you can copy someone?
Why learn when you can "borrow"?
Why study when you can get a How To Become Rich" DVD
Why make your own when you can buy
Every other photographer is now offering workshops,seminars,DVDs, textures and other crap. Just last year they were on this forum asking to critique their first engagement or wedding and now the very same photographers are hosting seminars on How To Become A Successful Photographer? Just 3 years ago some of these shot their first wedding and now they don't shoot anymore and just drive around the country teaching seminars on how to Make It In Wedding Business !!
There are some photographers who were affected so much by the recession they couldn't book even 10 weddings.Knowing that, they teach workshops and sell DVDs because it is the only income they have.
Come on al!! If you want to succeed you need to work hard.If after 3 years of doing wedding photography you aren't making 100K+ then you aren't working hard enough!
People are still getting married and there are a ton of clients willing to spend 5,10,20,50K on YOU.
Again, was just spreading the news to those who use them. I'd imagine you could probably find similar LR presets out there, i have thousands at home downloaded and sorted through, yet to find some i really love and use consistently.
I think 'reason' said it best about the whole seminar/workshop thing.
I just think that for some of us who have other priorities, such as family and
other full-time jobs, buying a preset might be worth it. I'm usually a do-it-yourself
kind of guy, but sometimes I buy something when the time I would spend doing it
myself is worth a lot more than the money I'll be paying for the product.
I can't think of any reason to buy these. And I love and use TRA Actions like it's a gift from the gods.
I have had great results with the free LR presets floating around the interwebs. Too bad there is no secure way of making a demo version.
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