January 2026, we are now starting off in a brand new year. On 3rd January 2026, I am kickstarting my first photography/visual storytelling/content creation themes and plans sharing for Year 2026. There are a number of matters on hand, from strategic planning, visual storytelling, content creation to administrative.
Photography
Strategic Planning
On my strategic planning segment, I would first work on a regular article feature, reflecting and reviewing my Year 2025 for my Review Year 2025 (Photography | Travel | Content Creation | Heritage) article.
Thereafter, I would be working on my goals and objectives for Year 2026 in my Yearly Theme approach that I have been using for the past few years, for my Yearly Theme 2026 (Photography | Travel | Content Creation | Heritage).
Photography (Business)
While I might not openly share or talk too much about my business segment for my photography, there might be changes to my business model due to personal family health matters that I would need to be more hands on, putting aside more time and attention, thus I have to balance my photography business, content creation and writing work.
Milestones in 2026
In 2026, I would be celebrating 2 major milestones.
20 years of TGH Photography & Travel portal/blog
First and foremost, my TGH Photography & Travel portal / blog established in April 2006 is marking 20 years. My first article post was published on 10 April 2006, and on 10th April 2026, that would be 20 years.
While I haven’t decided on any major celebrations for my TGH Photography & Travel portal/blog, I am going to keep an open mind, letting ideas and inspirations pop into my mind along the way in 2026.
10th year of operating TGH Photography (Business)
My TGH Photography (Business) was registered in January 2017, that would mean 9 years of running my photography business in January 2026, marking the start of my 10th year running my photography business.
My TGH Photography business had been through some very challenging periods when the global pandemic struck during 2020 to 2022. Post pandemic wasn’t exactly that smooth sailing with rising costs and uncertain economic conditions impacting it.
Visual Storytelling / Content Creation
One project that I am planning to mark my TGH Photography & Travel portal/blog 20 years celebrations is to produce and publish Photo Zine Series using TinTint printing platform. Would it be a different photography zine every month? Or publishing zines from my various photography projects that I have been working on?
As for other visual storytelling / content creation projects updates, I would share updates after this month of strategic planning, consolidation and reorganisation phase.
Administrative
January 2026 would not just be my month of strategic planning, it’s also my consolidation and reorganisation month as I wrapped up my FY2025, while also laying the groundwork for FY2026.
First up, I would need to back up 2025 photographs that I have yet to do so, as well as clearing up space, deleting photos and videos from my cloud sharing drives. There are some key backlog articles that I would be working on in January 2026 as well.
Personal
On a personal side of things, I mentioned about health matters relating to my family in December 2025. In the year 2026, I would have to take on more time and care into this area. At this current juncture, I am not sharing more details until the time is right.
Let’s kickstart Year 2026 on a good note!
While there are still world economic and business uncertainties, on top of my personal family matters, I just want to start Year 2026 on a good note and footing.