I'm sure you guys have frequently seen people complain about this, but I just really need to vent to those who know what I'm talking about or else I'm going to explode.
We met with our photographer a few weeks ago and we LOVED her. She was perfect. Her prices, though expensive, seemed reasonable considering her talent.
So we decide to go forward with a contract with her and this whole contract negotiations crap is just driving me up a wall. For some reason she is pushing us to go with an upgraded package despite the fact that what we feel is perfect for us is a lower package (AND it's $2000) less. But no. She is very insistant on doing the higher package but just removing some items (which still is $700 above the perfect package we want even though it'd be the same thing).
UUGGGH there's so much more but I'm not about to bother explaining it.
Anyway, I'm trying my best to stick to our budget since the wedding altogether is already psychotically expensive -- I can't go over budget ALREADY. But now I'm starting to wonder if I'm even being reasonable with the budget. So maybe you guys can help me justify either raising the budget or letting her go as a photographer? Ugh.
So all we want is an engagement session (local), all day wedding coverage, and high definition photos (on a DVD so we can do our own printing). We want to pay $4500 including tax -- so about $4150 for the services.
She is a LOVELY photographer, she really has a lot of talent and she's a joy to talk to...
I personally feel our offer is VERY fair, since she's essentially being paid $2000 a DAY to photograph us...
So what do you think? Is my budget unreasonable? Or if she doesn't agree to my final offer, is it more wise to just walk away?
I'm so overwhelmed and confused.

Thanks for any advice and sorry for being such a whiner.