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I’m a rookie but I like the iPad/LR combo. I’ve got the larger iPad Pro and find it pretty easy to use LR on it and the resolution on those screens is terrific.

The pattern I’ve settled into is:

- shoot in RAW (on A7C)

- upload from SD card direct into LR through connecting a card reader to my iPad (usb-c) or iPhone (lightening connector)

- edit on the iPad in LR, then filter for all the shots I want to keep

- upload the keepers to Apple photos, from the LR app on iPhone or iPad; super easy

- create Albums on Apple photos to organise collections of photos, which all gets stored on icloud

- easy from there to share an iCloud link with others, or otherwise share individual photos.

I have a ton of icloud storage and a modest amount in LR (I just delete images from LR once all safe in iClou). The heavy lifting on storage is in the cloud not in the iPad memory.

If I use the LR app on my MacBook, then it just downloads the shots from LR’s cloud. It is a bit easier to edit on the big screen, but the convenience of the iPad is great. Also, while traveling I’ll only have my iPad.

Only issue I have faced is when I have had dodgy broadband/4G coverage while traveling, and the large files take some time to synchronize.

Writing this, I do wonder if I should buy a big drive and backup my iCloud in case Apple ever has a big problem….hmm might look into that.