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I used to manage the back end of a photography studio.

Most of the money you're paying your photographer is to insure that you'll get all of the really good moments. Many work in teams to make absolutely certain it happens. Also, getting moving shots in focus is harder than you'd think. You can't just use presets. You're messing with shutter speed and stuff on the fly. This is why you'd want a professional.

The post work actually isn't that hard once youre minorly acquainted with Lightroom and every photographer edits differently. Most of CE is bright enough to figure it out well enough. Generally, youre getting overly warm/bright pictures because that's what the average person likes. You can batch correct them to an extent, but wedding venues have drastically different lighting all over.

In contrast, if you want to hire a photographer for a hs sports game it's a couple hundred bucks. They don't need to get all the best shots. No one gives a shit about the editing except for the very best of the pictures. Oddly enough the technical skill is higher though, since the speed of movement of things is more varied.

Long story short; taking the actual pictures is harder than it looks. You can't just snap photos with presets.