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KSR BLUE PORTRAIT
ASUKA BLUE SESSION ／ Photographed by Asuka
You, underwater, as a piece of art.
For the seconds you hold your breath, sound and weight disappear.
We photograph the most beautiful part of those seconds.
You don’t need to go deep. You don’t need to hold your breath for long.
Here in Okinawa, I watched a woman sink beautifully into the blue.
No sound. No tank. Only her own breath.
When she came back up, her face was so calm.
I wanted to go where she had been.
The sea did not let me in so easily.
My ears hurt. My breath ran out.
The bottom looked close enough to touch, and stayed out of reach.
Every time I surfaced, the blue had pushed me back.
That was seven years ago. I have come back to this sea on every day off since.
A little at a time, I could go deeper.
So I know why beginners freeze underwater.
It isn’t fear. Your body simply hasn’t met the sea yet.
Seven years ago I was stuck in exactly the same place.
One day, somebody photographed me underwater.
The person in that picture was not the person I thought I was.
She was far more beautiful.
I wanted to hand that feeling to someone else.
So I moved from in front of the camera to behind it.
If you only want a memory, your phone is enough.
What we make here is a photograph you can hang on a wall —
one that brings back the breath of that day, years later, when you catch sight of it.
You don’t have to hold your breath for long. You don’t have to reach the bottom.
Finding the depth where the light falls best is my job.
All you have to do is be in the sea.
First-Time Skin Diving
¥10,800/person
For anyone new to breath-hold diving. We start by learning how to dive, one piece at a time.
90–120 minutes ／ 1–3 guests (solo is fine)
Photo data, equipment rental and insurance included (tax included)
Shot on an action camera, and every usable frame is yours (no editing or retouching)
We pick from these four beaches on the day, based on the seaOdo Beach (Itoman) Huge porites coral, and green turtlesCape Maeda (Onna) The Blue Cave, where the light comes throughNakayukui (Onna) 300m of shallow sand, calm and easySakimotobu Park Beach (Motobu) “Gorilla Chop”. A jetty like an underwater jungle gym
※ Dates 8 or more days ahead can be booked and paid for straight from the calendar (morning and afternoon sessions).
※ For dates within 7 days, send us the form and we will come back to you with availability.
The tour runs 90 to 120 minutes. Entry and exit run 5 to 10 minutes longer at some spots (Cape Maeda has stairs down to the water). Changing time is not included.
Every figure here is a guide, not a schedule. How the time splits between practice and diving is decided on the day, from the sea and from how you are doing.
Beach Skin Diving Photo Session
¥14,000/person
Choose the spot you would like. There are three beaches to choose from, and the price is the same wherever we go.
Cape Maeda (Onna) ／ Nakayukui (Onna) ／ Sakimotobu Park Beach (Motobu)
90–120 minutes ／ 1–3 guests (solo is fine)
Photo data, retouching, equipment rental and insurance included (tax included)
Shot on a full-frame camera, with two frames finished as prints on top of every usable file
Any further retouched frame is ¥2,000 each
※ The calendar covers the morning and afternoon sessions, 8 or more days ahead.
※ Sunrise, sunset and the Kuefu Island tour, and anything within 7 days, are by request.
The tour runs 90 to 120 minutes. Entry and exit run 5 to 10 minutes longer at some spots (Cape Maeda has stairs down to the water). Changing time is not included.
Every figure here is a guide, not a schedule. How the time splits between practice and shooting is decided on the day, from the sea and from how you are doing.
※ Sessions run on selected dates only — the days our photographer is diving.
※ One guest is enough to run a session. There is no solo surcharge.
※ Every date is by request. We check availability and come back to you with a confirmed date.
Entry points
The sea here has a different face in every bay. The way light falls, the colour of the sand, the shape of the bottom.
There are four to choose from. Pick the one you would like, below.
※ You are welcome to choose. If the sea is better somewhere else on the day, we will suggest it.
※ At some spots parking and showers are paid facilities, and those costs are yours.
Kuefu Island Tour
A small uninhabited island off Naha, with no buildings on it.
White sand, water clear to the bottom, and nothing else.
We cross by boat — about 4 hours for the half-day, about 6 for the full day.
| 1 guest | 2 guests | 3 guests | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half-day | ¥25,000 | ¥44,000¥22,000 each | ¥63,000¥21,000 each |
| Full-day | ¥29,000 | ¥48,000¥24,000 each | ¥67,000¥22,333 each |
The Kuefu Island tour is available on the Photo Session only.
These are the total amounts you pay (tax included). Nothing is added on top.
The boat fee (¥5,000 per person) is paid in cash on the day. The rest is paid in advance.
How the total is made up
| Session fee | ¥14,000 /person |
| Transfer (half-day) | ¥6,000 /group |
| Transfer (full-day) | ¥10,000 /group |
| Boat fare | ¥5,000 /person |
Example: half-day, 2 guests
14,000 × 2 + 6,000 + 5,000 × 2 = ¥44,000
The transfer fee is charged per group, so the more of you there are, the less each person pays.
Transfer and boat fares apply only when we cross to an island. On mainland beaches the session fee is all you pay.
Departure times
| Full-day | 8:15 meet ／ 14:30 return |
| Sunset | 15:15 meet ／ 19:30 return |
| Half-day (AM) | 7:45 meet ／ 12:00 return |
| Half-day (PM) | 12:45 meet ／ 17:00 return |
It is darker under the water than you think.
The sea absorbs light, and an ordinary camera turns skin into a dark, noisy shape.
This combination is chosen so that never happens.
Sony α7S III
Built for low light
A sensor that deliberately keeps the pixel count low, so each pixel gathers as much light as possible. Even at depth or in the shade of a rock, skin never falls into black. Tone and gradation stay exactly as they are.
FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II
Wide, and fast enough
Sony’s top-grade G Master at F2.8. 16mm takes in the whole sea, 35mm comes close to you. You and the water you were in, in a single frame.
Fast autofocus
One moment, once
Even as the water moves, focus locks onto the face and the eyes. A good expression happens once. We don’t miss it.
In a place that should produce dark, grainy pictures, what comes back is clearer than what your eyes saw.
That is why we can hand you a piece of work rather than a snapshot.
| Age | 18–59 Under 18 with a guardian, please contact us first 55–59 a doctor’s certificate is required |
| Swimming | Able to swim without a life jacket |
| Group size | 1–3 guests |
| Companions | Participants only Friends are welcome within the group size if they take part. We are not able to host companions who only come to watch |
| Duration | Beach 90–120 min Kuefu Island half-day approx. 4 h ／ full-day approx. 6 h |
| Booking | Up to 2 days before |
| Showers | Some beaches have no shower. When that happens, your instructor carries a tank of fresh water so you can rinse off the salt. |
| Pregnancy, medical conditions | Please tell us in advance |
If you are flying out the same day
Even without tanks, repeated breath-hold dives build nitrogen in the body and can cause decompression sickness.
Entering the low cabin pressure of an aircraft afterwards raises that risk.
Please do not fly on the day of your session. If it cannot be avoided, leave at least 12 hours between the end of the session and your flight.
If your schedule looks tight, tell us while we are still choosing the date.
| 7–3 days before | 50% |
| 2 days before – same day | 100% |
| No-show | 100% |
| Cancelled by us | No charge |
Dates 8 or more days ahead can be booked straight from the calendar (morning and afternoon sessions).
Payment is by card, in advance. Your booking is confirmed once payment goes through.
For dates within 7 days, the sunrise and sunset sessions, or the Kuefu Island tour.
Send us the dates you have in mind and we will come back to you with availability.
Instagram DM (@ksr.blueportrait) works too.
We choose which of the four beaches to use the day before, based on the sea conditions.