I dont have to compete with anyone as I have more business than I can manage. Honestly there are very limited number of REAL wedding photographer with experience (at least min 50 weddings for actual day and 50% pre wed) others are all make believe.

Given the limited number of wedding photographers only a handful with enough experience to shoot Hotel (march in suddenly dim with spotlight, given manual setting u needa change everything especially WB)

Yes I can earn more than the figure above as you state, given i sacrifice weekends with family/gf, my health as I shoot AD on weekends Pre Wed on weekdays and every other day sit down n edit. I tried hiring people to edit, but somehow cant find those who is good enough or those who r good wont stay.

I used to train someone and now he is doing quite ok, but like every other business i do sometimes cut slack on editing. Because he is with me, he is well aware of these and he bad mouth to gain more business. Lucky for me i am looking to cut down my jobs because is really exhausting mentally and physically.

After more than 10 years doing so I felt that this is becoming a job rather than my hobby. Trust me choose photography because you like it not because of the money behind, you dont know what I gotta go through everyday