There is SO much that goes into wedding photography beyond the surface layer. My pricing represents the time and quality I give to each individual wedding/couple. For example:
I bust my butt emailing, texting, calling, Face-timing each of my couples. Building wedding day timelines, assisting in planning, coordinating day-of... Travel to and from your engagement session and wedding. Over a period of days and several, several hours, backup, cull, organize, edit, export, backup the final, upload, organize again, finalize and email your final wedding gallery to you! This doesn't even cover the physical costs of running a small business, keeping my equipment up to par, paying for insurance, my website, my softwares, new equipment purchases... In addition, I hold 5 years of real wedding photography experience... you may find a cheaper deal somewhere else, but your photos and experience may show for it...
I care about you and your wedding day as if it were my own and I want you to receive the most epic photos of your life to relive over and over again and with that, there is a lot that goes into it so that I can keep doing this! ;)