I'm not cheap - just very frugal - and with so much free information - some of it even good stuff - it is hard for me to open my wallet to buy more information.
But I do buy books.
Used when I can, but I do buy new ones - if they are on sale.
Sometimes I even read them (or at least look at the pictures).
BUT - i have been tempted to attend live hands on workshops. Looked a a couple offered by "The Camera Store" - a mere seven hour drive away means I have to line it up with another reason to be in Calgary. They offer one on shooting dogs at a local dog park.
I looked at one a lot closer - only two hours away in Lloydminster by some "Tornado Guy" who teaches you how to make your camera sing.
Photography Workshops | TornadoHunters.com But looks too elementary and gimicky - and a little too expensive for this 'frugal photographer".
BUT so far, I've been 'self taught' . . . which explains a lot.