read these blogs to REALLY see what your getting into 
http://www.kristenboothblog.net/2012/01/for-brides-why-wedding-photographers-are-so-expensive/
and i’m ONLY posting this because:
A.) Everyone’s a photographer
B.) Everyone knows how much we make
(do you hear the sarcasm)
I don’t go around telling everyone that im a dentist just because I know how to brush and floss my teeth. I also dont go around saying im a musician just because i played piano when I was 9years old. Every professional job or any job at all takes TIME, EXPERIENCE, AND some kind of EDUCATION (rather it be self taught or at an institution) so seriously, why do photographers get such a bad rap? oh well.. things could always be worse!
xoxoxo
christin* | dan* | melissa*
{three wedding photographers and all over photographers who love what we do in the snow, rain, heat, sleet, sun, sand, mud, when we’re starving for food or water, and everything else} 
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