Spending the majority of my childhood and adolescence in California, it made sense for all of our wedding events to be located in the Golden State.  However, being that my husband was raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, we were going to have two sets of all events–the first in California and the second in Dhaka within a six month gap.

Immediately after my wedding in California, I began thinking of all the things that were necessary in a long distance wedding and started feeling extremely overwhelmed.  I was about to learn that though planning a wedding is difficult process, a long distance wedding is much more difficult!

Having been through the process, here are a few things I would like to tell fellow brides about planning a long distance wedding:

1. Before you begin anything, make sure to do all of your research! While it made sense to have our wedding in Dhaka as most of our guests lived in Dhaka, pick a central location that is accommodating to all your guests.

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courtesy of Yamoni Bari

Who are you?
YB Image
Fine art Photography
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yamoni@ybimage.com

What do you do?
I am a fine art photographer who recently jumped into the world of event photography. I provide a unique vision through my lens to capture moments in life. My unique style is to capture the event and let the people involved in it be the story.

Where are you based?
Everywhere and anywhere. I live in New York City as well as Detroit, Michigan. I travel anywhere in the states and if possible out of the states.

When and how did you get started in the South Asian wedding industry?
Well it started with friends and family requesting my services. During the planning of my own wedding, quality photographers were very hard to find as well as very expensive. Also being a Bangladeshi, my wedding consisted of many events and long hours which made it unaffordable and next to impossible to photograph my entire event.  Needless to say, I had to compromise quality for affordability and at the end I was not satisfied. Read more