Okinawa Resort Wedding Photo & Video Contest 2024: Interview with Yuki Kagawa, Winner of the Photographer’s Technical Award (Selected by Shun Miyoshi)

Photo & Video Contest 2024
Grand Prix Announcement!

 

Based on the results of votes from everyone and those of members of the Okinawa Resort Wedding Association
The “Okinawa Resort Wedding Photo & Video Contest 2024”
The Grand Prize and Runner-Up winners have been announced!

We received comments from the winners of the Contest.

 

Photographer (Selected by Shun Miyoshi) Technical Award

Title: "Deep Underwater Wedding"

Photographer: Yuki Kagawa

Collaboration photos with blanche beach × ALLIES. This photo shoot was made possible only through the collaboration of advanced diving techniques, expertise in underwater photography, and a wedding dress crafted from a unique material—wetsuit fabric.

Both of them are divers, and with the support of their regular dive shop, we were able to create a photo shoot that couldn’t have been replicated anywhere else.

Through underwater photography in Okinawa, we will share the charm of Okinawa with the world.

Category: Photography Category

Affiliation: Member of the Okinawa Resort Wedding Association

Location (City/Town/Village): Other

Location: Aka Island

 

Interview with Yuki Kagawa

Acceptance Speech

Thank you for this prestigious award as a photographer. This was my first time entering a photo contest, and I am truly delighted to have won.

 

About the Award-Winning Works

This photo was made possible thanks to the cooperation of the bride and groom, the underwater-exclusive Allies dress, the hair and makeup artist, the dress attendant, and the safety diver. True to its name, “The Sea the World Falls in Love With,” the Kerama Islands boast some of the clearest waters in the world. It is precisely because of this wonderful location that this photo is filled with nothing but miracles.

 

What Inspired Me to Become a Photographer and Videographer

The first time I took wedding photos,I was deeply moved by this job, which allows me to capture people’s various emotions through my own sensibilities.I started by...

 

Future Activities

While my work is primarily focused on on-land photography in Osaka, I am dedicating my life to promoting underwater wedding photography in Okinawa to the world as my life’s work. Through this work, I also aim to convey the charm of Okinawa and help make it a destination that attracts people from all over the world. As one of Japan’s top-tier teams specializing in underwater photography techniques, waterproof hair and makeup, and underwater-specific wedding dresses, we will continue to lead the way.