Lightroom Classic CC has been a lifesaver for me because they have a Book module within the program, which means I can create my photo books without ever leaving Lightroom. It’s one of my favourite things to look back on, even now, and I know these will become even more precious as time goes by. I usually create an family photo book for each year, with photos taken over the year. One of the things I love to do is create photo books. That seems to me like a massive headache further down the line!Īgain, if you are low volume shooter, this isn’t a problem! But if you take 10,000 photos a year, and you’ve been using it for 5 years - that’s a LOT of time and energy used up in the future. If I used Lightroom CC, then I would need to download every single photo from the cloud in order to not pay for the storage. In fact, I can continue to use the Library module in Lightroom, but not the Develop module. Should I decide in the future that I’m done with photography, or the amount dwindles to next to nothing and I no longer want Lightroom, with Lightroom Classic CC, I simply stop paying for it, and my photos are safe and sound on my hard drive and I need do nothing. I’m always “future proofing” as much as I can, and trying to save myself work and time in the longer term. #2 - Photos Stored Locally not in the Cloud (Volume 2) If you are a low volume shooter, or only take photos with your phone camera etc, then Lightroom CC is perfect for you….but for anyone who shoots more than that, you will be paying a LOT over the term for photo storage. (To put this in perspective, I back up all my photos to SmugMug at $60 per year, for unlimited storage AND it doubles as my viewing gallery!)Īnd that number would only rise as I keep going - AND I’d have to pay that every year for the rest of my life :)

It costs an another $9.99 per month for each extra TB of storage, which means that I’d be paying a HUGE amount of money each month just for photo storage. That means that the Lightroom CC plan at $9.99 is not enough for me at 1TB. I have nearly 4TB worth of photos stored so far, and that number will only keep growing year on year. I personally prefer to have my photos stored locally, and here’s why…

With Lightroom Classic, you store the photos locally, on your desktop, or in an external hard drive (I recommend the latter) With Lightroom CC, the photos are stored in the cloud, in Adobe’s online servers.

One of the big differences between Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom CC is how and where your photos are stored. #1 - Photos stored locally, not in the cloud (Volume 1)

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