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Originally Posted by Table 5
A solid wedding photographer can make really good money. Consider that one wedding can go for 3-6k usually, and a photographer can do 2 in a weekend if he's up for it. Multiply that by 5-6 months a year, and that's pretty good living. Wedding photography is looked down upon by some in the industry, but it's a really good way to make a living.
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While I somewhat agree with you it sounds great when you simplify the math, the unfortunate reality is that photographers have expenses.
I tend not to get overly involved in my wifes business, but to grossly simplify (I am sure Neeper could expand if he wanted to)...
My wife walks around with 30-40k in equipment, of which most seems to have a 3-5 year life cycle. I will leave office equipment like computers out of this as this is a expense most businesses have, though most photographers [should] use IPS monitors which cost much more than a standard monitor.
Albums and prints can really add up as well, we are talking 3-400 dollars just for an album (cost).
Then you have assistants, websites, ads, and I am sure dozens of additional costs I am not thinking of.
I think some people tend to look at the up-front cost of weddings and think WOW you guys must be making a LOT, but factoring the costs and the 40+ hours of post processing work for each wedding, I think most would be equally WOWed by just how little that works out to per hour.
At the end of the day, you do it because you love it, not because you make a ton of money off it.