Marking 20 years milestone of TGH Photography and Travel portal/blog in 2026

Year 2026 also marks a special milestone for my TGH Photography and Travel portal/blog, my website celebrated its 20 years milestone in April 2026. What a visual storytelling journey that I embarked on in April 2026 over two decades (not out and still counting).

I have my fair share of ups and downs, on both personal and professional basis, took countless photographs (and my first 10,000 or more were mediocre/poor when I look back), photographed almost anything and everything at the start. Here is the story of my TGH Photography and Travel 20 years milestone celebration, my thoughts, feelings and reflections. 

Over the two decades, I slowly sharpened and improved my visual storytelling craft, as well as my photography that defined my work and style today. However, I am not resting on my laurels, I am continuously learning and improving myself.

Photographing, Documenting and Telling Visual Stories (History, Heritage, Culture, Arts, Nature and Urban landscapes) 

In 2026, as part of my TGH Photography and Travel 20 years milestone celebrations, I am working on more personal works and projects relating to history, heritage, culture, arts, nature and urban landscapes. In the past few years, I wasn’t working on those sectors as much as I used to some time back.

The pace of changes and developments got me reflecting and thinking again, that I got to get back on track to photographing, documenting and telling visual stories in the areas of history, heritage, culture, arts, nature and urban landscapes.

Most recently, I bought a Samyang MF14mm f/2.8 RF lens, pairing it with my Canon EOS R6 Mark II. One of the small rewards for myself to celebrate my TGH Photography and Travel portal/blog 20 years milestone. Celebrating World Photography Day 2026, here are some photographs of Singapore, this is home truly. I am looking forward to capturing more memories and visual stories of Singapore with my Samyang MF14mm f/2.8 RF lens.

Happy World Photography Day 2026!

We, visual storytellers/photographers, together with fellow creatives from other genres, have been facing various economic/business challenges and technological changes in the world today. The proliferation of AI technology has impacted a photographer’s (and fellow creative) career/job in both good and bad ways. We still have to navigate our way in leveraging AI technology to help us  in our visual storytelling/photography, while learning and understanding more on how it can further impact/affect us.

Beyond technology, there are intangible and invisible forces that we constantly face and battle with, our inner most fears, as well as external forces, the voices of society, people’s and photographers’ judgments and criticisms of our visual storytelling craft and photography works. 

On World Photography Day 2026, let’s continue to persevere in this photography journey that we chose, why we start/are into the craft of visual storytelling/photography in the first place. Keep photographing, documenting, and sharing visual stories, priceless moments of our Home, for ourselves, our family, relatives, friends, society and the world that we call Home.

Wishing all fellow visual storytellers, photographers, and those who love and appreciate photography a Happy World Photography Day 2026!

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Year 2025 till date (August 2025) 

Year 2025 till date (August 2025) has been quite a journey for my photography and visual storytelling. Although the business side of photography is affected due to slow and difficult (domestic and world) economic conditions, the personal sectors have been fruitful and fulfilling.

SG60 Celebrations 

Year 2025 marks Singapore’s 60th year (SG60) of independence, there was a year long celebration on SG60 theme in Singapore. With this SG60 theme, it was the base of my visual storytelling and photography journeys in 2025 till date. 

There were a number of photography competitions and contests in 2025 celebrating SG60 theme. Together with my personal SG60 visual storytelling project, the photography competitions and contests go hand in hand. One of my highlights and pride moment in 2025, I had a photograph chosen for the 20th Ngee Ann Photographic (NAPE) Exhibition 2025 in June 2025.

My final goal to finish up the SG60 celebrations theme in 2025, planning to produce and publish a photography zine. One of my working ideas is to curate 60 different photographs of Singapore (taken in 2025 and from my archival collections) to mark SG60 celebrations, this is still a work in progress as I have yet to finalise the artistic direction and flow. Stay tuned for more updates, coming soon!

Celebrating more into History, Heritage, Culture and Arts

In the areas of history, heritage and culture sectors, I have been documenting through my visual storytelling and photography for a number of years. For this year 2025, I found myself celebrating more into the contemporary performing arts and cultures, in the history, heritage, culture and arts sectors. While I have yet to start writing my visual stories of my recent documentation of contemporary performing arts, I am going to work on them soon. 

Year 2025 has also opened up my channels and networks on traditional performing heritage, culture and arts sectors, as well as community led heritage and culture activities. 

Happy World Photography Day 2025!

We photographers and visual storytellers face various challenges and changes in the world today, how society consumes media (more videos consumption over photography). On top of that, we also face our own inner most fears, as well as external forces, the society and people’s  (including other photographers) judgement and criticism. As photographers and visual storytellers ourselves, we know, we feel and understand the ups and downs of our creative journeys and visions. 

On World Photography Day, let’s keep shooting, continue to spread the wonderful and priceless moments, let your passion and love shine through your photographs and visual stories! Don’t give up, don’t let those external noises, judgements and criticism bring you down. 

Wishing all fellow photographers, visual storytellers a Happy World Photography Day 2025!

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Here’s a throwback in time to my previous years articles on World Photography Day, my thoughts, feelings and photographs that I shared at that point in time. Looking back in time on my previous years World Photography Day can be pretty nostalgic.

• World Photography Day 2019
• World Photography Day 2020
• World Photography Day 2021

For World Photography Day 2022, what does this year 2022 mean to me for my photography?

On a personal photography basis, It has been a fun, reviewing and testing the Canon EOS R3 in Q1 of 2022. Currently in Q3 2022, I am reviewing and testing the Canon EOS R7, the mini stories that I produced and published with the two latest cameras from Canon, bringing back the fun in photography, exploring and my visual story telling. 

For World Photography Day 2022, I would be sharing some curated photographs shot with the Canon EOS R7 review camera to tell my thoughts, feelings and connections with my visual stories/photographs.

Another milestone for me would be bringing my visual story telling and photographs from a digital world to a physical (book/zine) print world, with the upcoming official launch announcement of my second photography zine.

A return to leading photography walks, combining with photography coaching/teaching and photography/cameras consultancy. This is a sector that I haven’t fully tap into, and I am going to do more in this sector.

On the business/commercial photography sector, it has been a constant challenge, adapting and evolving with the changing media landscape, types of media consumption. The future can’t be just standalone photography, it’s a hybrid of photography, videography and social media marketing, a mini digital agency.  

On World Photography Day 2022, let’s continue to explore, photograph, document and share our visual stories. Once again, to all fellow visual story tellers and photographers, wishing you all a Happy World Photography Day 2022!

* A TGH Photography x Canon EOS R7 Explorer Series Production * 

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For World Photography Day, let’s pay it forward and pass it on, give fellow photographers a shoutout, network and connect together! From commercial photography, to collaboration projects, documentary, leisure and personal photography, I am always striving to learn more and also to improve on my photography skills, knowledge and experiences.

From my latest TGH Photography x Canon EOS RP Explorer series production, to publishing my own photography zines, a book on my travel stories and travel photography, I hope that my diverse photography works would constantly be Delighting You Always!

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