ha, this is kind of interesting to me because wedding photography is something that I've considered doing once I reach FI. Not least because it seems like it's possible to earn a good amount of money for intermittent and fairly enjoyable work! And since I will already own a car, a house, a computer, shoes, and even a good amount of camera equipment, and already be paying for phone, internet, web hosting, and health insurance, my "overhead" will be a hell of a lot smaller than hers. And since I'll be at FI, my required net income would be anything above $0. The result being that I'd be able to help out this bride (and piss off this photographer) because I'd be able to compete with anyone on price. The only question then would be if it's "worth it" for me to spend the time.
So I agree with this bride that the prices seem pretty high (except for me that's a good thing and I hope the working photographers manage to keep the prices high!) Maybe if you're trying to actually fund your whole life on a wedding-photography career and work out the numbers, then they don't seem so high, and I can understand getting a bit annoyed when people whine about your prices if you're actually just barely making ends meet. But whining about people whining is nothing but a waste of time (it's not going to make people pay any more for your services), and I can't think of anyone who whines as much about their customer whining as photographers do (though maybe my impression would be different if I'd read as many, say, funeral-director forums as I've read wedding-photographer forums).