I just read the last thread and being a professional photographer, however I'm no longer a member of the AIPP (was in the past and win an award or two - not blowing my trumpet but trying to give background)
Some people think that because I might charge less, means I'm not as an experienced photographer etc. so those that charge a lot sometimes aren't good and sometimes they are brilliant.
Personally I think you should pay for the personalised style and personality of the person capturing your memories.
The actual cost of getting prints is expensive as are canvas's. So it does eat into the total figure earned.
It does sound a little high priced but if he is an established photographer then it could be justified.
Basically if a wedding photographer charges between $3-6k they really would actually make around $50 an hr after you take out travel costs, insurances, actual editing hours and you are paying for their 'style'
You can report or contact the AIPP - Australian institute of professional photographers and they will guide you if the photographer is a member, as to what you can do.
Part of being a member with them is having to prove your quality and service offered. This includes business practices.
Otherwise I hope your picture was with worth it memory wise.
I totally get that you pay for style etc etc. And he carried on about awards and stuff ( I had a look in the AIPP and I couldn't see him on there ).
I know it can be expensive, but then also, i f i think about what you can get from a wedding photographer for example - you can have them for the whole day, get a photo album, digital copies (if they do that), prints and/or canvases for the price that he is charging for one canvas. His comment was $150p/hr to edit the photos! hmm.... still sounds a little extravagent to me.

The other thing that annoyed me was this was donated to a charity event so he was fully expecting to make a huge profit off it.

I asked if it was possible to get thumbnails of the few photos I liked so that i could show it to family and see if they would like to purchase some. I even offered to buy the disc to put these on. Nope - not even an option, not even after explaining that our family don't live here and can't come in and view the photos. No digital copies, nothing.

I might ring AIPP and see what they say though. Not that it would make any difference because clearly, people are willing to pay $6K for one canvas.