Two part question here, i’ve been on and off photography for about 8-10 years and while i don’t know everything and anything about my camera, everything about composition and editing, I feel i know enough to edit photos the way i like and making them decent compositions. at this point, should i start thinking about investing into a laptop/iPad and lightroom rather than relying on the free portions of editing apps to create better edits?
I would not recommend Lightroom if my life depended on it.
Why not? It has it flaws for sure, but it’s still the industry standard and by far the most popular tool around.