Did you know that Adobe makes a product similar to Photoshop, but more affordable? It's called Photoshop Elements. It's sort of like a combination of Photoshop and Lightroom, except instead of $600, it's under $100 (in fact, Amazon just dropped the price to $82.22.)
Also, Adobe offers a pay-as-you-go program as well. Sort of like leasing Photoshop.
Lastly, there is a free program called Gimp, which is like Photoshop but offers way, way, WAY less tools and filters and all that good stuff. But it's good for basic photo editing.
