Merry Christmas 2023 and Happy Holidays!

GengHui — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:57:08 +0000

As we are approaching the final week of Year 2023, it’s a long weekend with Christmas 2023 falling on Monday 25th December 2023, wishing all a Merry Christmas 2023 and Happy Holidays! For this year, I am making some changes from my usual writing and publishing routine, posting a Merry Christmas festive season greetings post earlier instead. For this year 2023, my year end December festive season has been good, there were more gatherings than usual even before the pandemic period. All these small group gatherings are a blessing, a great time to catch up especially with friends that I haven’t met for years.

While I am soaking in the year end festivities, I wasn’t too much into photographing those Christmas tree light up decorations like before. Therefore, I am using back my old Christmas tree photograph that I shot in Hokkaido from a few years back in 2016. I am going to slow down, take a bit of rest break during the final week 52 of year 2023, I would also try to clear as many backlogs that I have on hand in my visual storytelling, photography, travel, food, history, heritage, culture and arts segments. Leading up to the start of 2024, I am going into reflection and review mode, as well as strategic planning and directions for year 2024 in my photography, travel, content creation and creative sectors.

As this is also the year end bird migration season, during the last week of 2023 rest break, I am going into the outdoors, parks, coastal areas etc for some hiking in the outdoors and bird photography action.

Last but not least, thank you for your support for my photography, travel and writing for Year 2023! Wishing all a Merry Christmas 2023 and Happy Holidays! Have a good year end holiday break and festivities!

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Christmas 2022 and Birthday 2023 Wish List

GengHui — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:13:22 +0000

We are now into the month of December 2022, the final month of year 2022, this is also the festive Christmas festive season, a time for happy, fun and warm festive season celebrations! I regularly share Christmas and festive season gift guides from the brands that I am working with annually. More than 15 years of writing and publishing (since April 2006), I don’t really share about my Christmas wish list, let alone my birthday wish list, and January tends to pass by very quickly due to Chinese New Year preparations and celebrations (thus forgotten birthday). Therefore, I am going to do something different and start with my 2-in-1 wish list – This is my Christmas 2022 and Birthday 2023 wish list!

My Christmas (December 2022) and Birthday (January 2023) Wish List

How do I come up with a 2-in-1 wish list? Basically, it’s Christmas (December) and my birthday falls in the month of January, thus a 2-in-1 combo gift wish list! Here is my Christmas (December 2022) and Birthday (January 2023) wish list!

Cameras

I have previously tested and reviewed Canon EOS R3, EOS R6 and EOS R7, I have also recently had a short hands on with the latest Canon EOS R6 Mark II. It would be great to add another of those cameras into my current setup, any one of the 3 Canon cameras listed below would be an awesome addition to my current setup!

Lenses

Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM

This is one of the Canon RF lenses that I reviewed previously, and I like it a lot.

Accessories/Peripherals

Wotancraft Pilot 10L

Technology Gadgets

Apple MacBook Pro 14” M1 Pro
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
NAS Solution 2 Bay or 4 Bay
Sandisk Extreme Portable PRO SSD V2 2TB
Casio Pro Trekker

I would not go too much into the details of my accessories/peripherals and technology gadgets list above!

My Christmas / Festive Season Gift Guides 2022

This could be the first time that I compile and share with all of my followers and readers my Christmas / Festive Season Gift Guides 2022 that I received.

Photography

For those planning to get yourself a new camera or buying a camera for your loved ones, check out Canon Christmas Gift Guide 2022, whether you are a professional or serious enthusiast, content creator or just entering into photography!

Books/Zines

Planning to get some books to read? Check out No Missing Tools by Fernando Gros, you can get it from his website! One of the books that opened up my mind in thinking, writing, thought leadership and creativity.

I recently published a new photography zine, it’s my second zine in the areas of photography therapy and exploration. If you are interested, visit MagCloud platform, you can get a physical or digital copy of TGH Photography Therapy Zine and Playbook, or even both physical and digital copy together!

TGH Photography Zine Collection: TGH Photography Therapy Zine and Playbook

The motivation and story behind my second photography zine came about from some personal crisis in a middle of an ongoing global pandemic situation. There were a series of situations that took place in 2021.My second photography zine has a unique and special theme – photography therapy theme,…

Lifestyle Technology Gadgets

I have the following brands Christmas 2022 / Festive Season 2022 Gift Guides to share with you! Do visit them and check out from the various brands offerings during this festive season:

Merry Christmas 2022 and Happy New Year 2023!

Wishing all my followers and readers a Merry Christmas 2022 and Happy New Year 2023 in advance!

Any kind sponsors for any of my Christmas 2022 + Birthday 2023 wish list?

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Merry Christmas 2023 and Happy Holidays!

Christmas 2022 and Birthday 2023 Wish List