TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years Milestone Celebrations till date (April to October 2026)

As I continue to look back at my TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years milestone celebrations till date from April to October 2026, it has slowed down significantly. There wasn’t much celebrations till date since my earlier small celebration gatherings in April 2026.

In this final quarter of 2026, I would be pick up the pace on my TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years Milestone Photo Zine and 20 selected photo prints to gift away. 

TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years Milestone Photo Zine

I have started working on my 20 years milestone celebrations photography zine in August 2026, there are a few themes and ideas that I have brainstormed. This is a work-in-progress, here are some ideas and themes that I would be interested to work on,

TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years Milestone x 20 Selected Photo Prints

Also as part of my TGH Photography and Travel portal/blog 20 years milestone celebrations, I have embarked on curating 20 selected photography prints from my collections that I would gift away to my friends and supporters. 

The first two photography prints were (1) Beautiful City in Nature Mist and (2) Of Red and White Celebrations at GBTB Lighting Up Marina Bay Singapore. For my curation of my next few photography prints, I would update soon when I finalise my next round of curation. 

Photography 

Photography (Business)

My situation is still fluid, I am still striking a fine balance between caregiver role at home, and everything else, I am still working to secure more photography projects and shoots, in an ongoing very challenging and disruptive world today, slowing world economy and more uncertainties, coupled with more curveballs from technology disruptions by AI.

Photography (Personal / Visual Storytelling / Content Creation)

Visual Storytelling / Content Creation

Looking forward to continue to creating more different visual stories and content creation in month of November 2026, continuing on from where I kickstarted in the past few months.

Writing for my TGH Photography and Travel portal/blog

I haven’t been and wasn’t able to write as much as I would love to, due to changes in circumstances and my family situation since Q4 2025. There are too many a times whereby I was emotionally and mentally stressed out to pen out my writing and publish them. 

For this final quarter, I would restart to write more, to rediscover my writing mojo, kickstarting off with a schedule of clearing backlog articles from my recent events attendance, new exhibitions and media news coverage. 

Personal Photography Time

My personal photography time has been reduced due to changes at home, as I have  been taking on the caregiver role as well as helping out in household work. My current time allocation is one-third caregiver, one-third take care of household chores/administrative and remaining one-third is whatever left for my photography business, personal photography, all other personal stuff and other matters.

I would still continue to navigate my journey of balancing photography business, personal photography, caregiver, taking care of home and the rest of my other things in life. I am currently working on finding a balance, planning and strategically allocating precious time for my own personal photography.

Nature/Outdoors Photography + Bird Photography for Photography Therapy

It’s been some time that I went for nature/outdoors photography together with bird photography for my photography therapy. I have started in September 2026 on balancing and re-allocating more time for outdoors/nature and bird/wildlife photography.

Start of migratory bird season from October 2026, I am planning my time to head out more for bird photography in November 2026, together with nature therapy/forest bathing, a much needed break and time out, away from my caregiver work at home.

XPan Pano with Samyang MF14mm f/2.8 RF

With the recent haze situation over the past few weeks clearing up, I can plan and restart my personal visual storytelling project in November 2026 to capture Singapore’s City In Nature landscapes, urban landscapes, old places, with curated photographs playing a part in my TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years Milestone Photo Zine.

Uploading Photographs to Flickr Collections

I am still actively curating and editing selected photos from my 2025 archives, uploading them into my Flickr Photography Collections. This is form of photography therapy and getaway from the amount of stress and pressure as a caregiver at home, also clearing my backlogs from 2025 and freeing up my disk space.

Visual Storytelling Documentation in November 2026

In the month of November 2026, my visual storytelling documentation would be in the following areas:

• Nature: Maju Forest 
• Architecture/Urban Landscapes: Singapore cityscapes 
• Heritage and Culture: Nanyin at Kusu Island by Siong Leng

Photography Competitions

Sony World Photography Awards 2027

The Sony World Photography Awards 2027 have been launched. I have been participating in this photography competition for a number of years. If you are keen to enter, do check them out, go for it! 

Kyosei in Everyday Life – Celebrate Everyday Acts of Kindness 

Do you have someone in mind that makes a difference to communities, and people around them, living and working together for the common good? Why not nominate them in Canon Singapore #IAmKyosei contest? 

More info here: https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photography/kyosei-in-everyday-life-celebrate-everyday-acts-of-kindness 

Concrete in Life 2026/27 – Global Photography Competition

Architecture and cityscapes photographers, there is a global photography competition – Concrete in Life 2026/27. If you are keen to enter, do check them out, go for it! 

Wings of Southeast Asia: Sony Bird Photography Contest 

Bird photographers in Singapore, Sony has launched a bird photography contest, just nice for you as we are now into migratory bird photography season in Singapore. 

More info here: https://experience.sony-asia.com/sg/alphauniverse/exploredetail/1557  

Exhibitions/Events (Photography/Heritage/Arts)

There are a few exhibitions and events taking place in October 2026 that are photography, heritage, and arts related. Do check them out below!

Anime Festival Asia 2026 

If you are a Japanese anime fan, don’t miss out Anime Festival (AFA) 2026 taking place from 27th to 29th November 2026 at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. Don’t miss it!

SAMCollection: The Present is Unstable

A new exhibition is taking place at Singapore Art Museum (SAM), titled “SAMCollection: The Present is Unstable”. This contemporary exhibition is something fluid and constantly changing. 

Personal Updates

Not much has changed, maybe it would only get more challenging and difficult as time goes by, even though my status quo is still pretty much the same, I am still finding the balance between being a caregiver role at home, along with everything else. 

The road ahead still remains a delicate and tricky situation. What changes might take place? One step at a time.

When things/situations look stable, it can change as well. That’s where this saying on “there are good days, there are bad days”. Who can understand, who can empathise, without judgement? Nobody can see or feel the amount of stress, pressure, emotional and mental drain inside us caregivers. 

Personal Photography and Visual Storytelling in November 2026!

November 2026 is here, this is the month for personal photography and visual storytelling in nature, outdoors and documenting locations/neighbourhoods that might no longer be around in the near future. 

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Looking back at my previous years coverage on World Migratory Bird Day – WMBD 2021, WMBD 2023 (May 13th), WMBD 2023 (October 14th), WMBD 2024 (11th May), WMBD 2024 (12th October), WMBD 2025 (10th May) and WMBD 2026 (11th October), my birding journey has seen some great adventures visiting various nature reserves, parks and coastal areas for my birding photography, curating and uploading them into my Flickr photography collection – Bird/Wildlife Photography in Singapore.

Theme for 2026 – “Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter!”

The theme for World Migratory Bird Day 2026 is “Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter!” 

Every citizen involved in wildlife, nature, bird, conservation, wildlife/bird photography, can play a part, an important role of community science a.k.a. citizen science for the conservation of migratory birds.

Playing my small part in World Migratory Bird Day 2026 | Role and Power of Community Science

Through my humble bird photography collections taken at different locations in Singapore, documenting the various bird species that visited Singapore or are residents of Singapore, I am playing my small part in World Migratory Bird Day 2026. 

Photographing birds at various parks/coastlines/nature reserves in Singapore are just like going to my own backyard in Singapore, our bird photographs and observations can become part of community science, even small roles yet showcasing the power of community science, from tracking migratory birds patterns, population trends and changes in habitats across our migratory bird flyways.

Kickstarting my migratory bird photography season (October to April) with World Migratory Bird Day 2026

I have been leveraging on World Migratory Bird Day on the 10th October to kickstart my migratory bird photography season in Singapore. Although I started a little bit earlier in September 2026 when I saw other bird photographers posting some migratory birds early arrival e.g. Common Kingfisher. 

During the weekend of 11th October 2026, I visited Singapore Botanic Gardens to kickstart my migratory bird photography season, keeping my fingers crossed. This visit finally paid off dividends for me, I managed to photograph the fairy pitta (vagrant) at Learning Forest and Amur Paradise Flycatcher at Healing Forest! 

Yes, my migratory bird photography season from October 2026 to April 2027 has officially kicked off! Looking at my bird/wildlife photography in Singapore collections on Flickr, I am setting my goals for migratory bird photography 2026: 

• Migratory birds that I have yet to photograph
• Revisiting some locations in Singapore that I haven’t visited for some time

Wishing fellow bird/wildlife photographers a fruitful World Migratory Bird Day 2026 (10th October), let’s continue to play our role, keep photographing, documenting and sharing about birds (both local and migratory)!

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Photography

Photography Competitions/Contests

There are still a few photography competitions/contests in October 2025 leading up to the end of 2025. Here are the ones that I am working on in October 2025 till December 2025 

Concrete in Life 2526

A global photography competition that I found out last year or so, I would be joining and participating in Concrete in Life 2526. While I am not really an architectural photographer, I regularly take cityscapes and travel photography, where concrete plays an important role in the building of a country and society, from roads, bridges, to the homes in the cities that we live in. 

Sony World Photography Awards 2025

A worldwide photography contest that I have been regularly participating in over the years. I am in the process of curating and selecting my photographs for submission to Sony World Photography Awards 2025 in December 2025 before the closing date. If you are keen to participate in Sony World Photography Awards 2025, do check them out!

Exhibitions 

1st National Photography Art Exhibition (NPAE) 2025 in October 2025

The 1st National Photography Art Exhibition (NPAE) 2025 will be held from 9th to 12th October 2025 at The Art Space SG, from 11am to 6pm. I have a photograph selected for display at NPAE 2025, I would like to thank the panel for selecting my photograph to be part of 1st National Photography Art Exhibition celebrating SG60.

• The Art Space SG
• 66 Kallang Pudding Road #01-01 Hor Kew Business Centre, Singapore 349324

Visual Storytelling / Content Creation

Working on my SG60 Visual Storytelling Personal Project 

I am currently working on my SG60 visual storytelling personal project, consolidation of my photos shot in 2025 as part of SG60, curation of photographs shot over the decades for consideration that would be selected for SG60 my personal project.

Still a work in progress, more updates to come soon when the time is right. Do keep a lookout for updates along the way!

Ready for Migratory Bird Photography Season Q3 2025 to Q1 2026

Migratory bird photography season has started early in September 2025, I would be picking up the pace, planning various visits to nature reserves, parks, park connector networks/rivers and coastlines in the coming months. 

I would also keep a lookout for other wildlife in Singapore too during my photo walks, looking forward to adding more birding and wildlife photography to my Bird/Wildlife Photography in Singapore collection on Flickr.

Heritage, Culture, Arts, Performing Arts and Creative Sectors

Year 2025 till date to Q3 2025 has been a pretty fruitful and enriching year covering, documenting and photographing, especially in the areas of culture, arts and performing arts. I am working on curating and uploading my photos into my Flickr photography collections and writing my visual stories here on my TGH Photography and Travel website. 

The performing arts sector that I have attended for this year 2025 till date, a good mix of contemporary performing arts and traditions, feeling the deep connections to open up my creativity and understanding of arts and culture.

Of Other Thoughts and Views

Love of F1/Motorsports Photography

Canon Singapore recently organised a seminar, The Art of the Race by Darren Heath, it was a great turnout, and the audience enjoyed an insightful and learning session on F1/motorsports photography from Darren Heath. I had the opportunity to get a special session chatting with Darren over lunch, asking him about F1/motorsports photography, from a motorsports photography enthusiast (me) to a F1/motorsports photography legend (Darren Heath). Keep a lookout for my upcoming articles on the The Art of the Race seminar and the chat/sharing session with Darren Heath. 

After chatting with Darren, and learning about his art and craft of F1/motorsports photography, it kind of rekindle my love and passion for F1/motorsports photography that I had years back. Also, it’s also time to stop just chasing to photograph the sports car in action, and forgetting about the fans, passion and behind the scenes of motorsports that their stories need to be make more known to the world of motorsports enthusiasts.

Words from a fellow visual storyteller 

AikBeng’s Chia (affectionately a.k.a ABC) recently did a video interview on CNA Insider, titled: Photographing Weird, Quirky & Strange Singapore: There’s Always A Story Behind” | Dear Singapore, it was refreshing and sending reminders to myself on some of those challenges, and stuff we hear on our creative works and journeys, the inevitable comparisons, public and private scrutiny that comes with putting up our photography works on social media and internet space. 

AikBeng’s photography style and approach is exceptional, he tells visual stories through his eyes, heart, mind and soul that even some of us visual storytellers might not be be to visualise. AikBeng is an inspiration, I have huge respect and admiration for his unique, bold and direct style of visual storytelling that is not conventional.

Some of AikBeng’s quotes inside this CNA Insider video, “There is beauty in imperfection”, “Don’t judge people”, “We Shouldn’t Compare”

Those quotes hit me deep, time to stop chasing perfection, and be mindful of the comparisons and judgements that we faced on social media and what we might face from fellow photographers in real life. 

And to let our own visual storytelling and creativity do the rest. 

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Looking back at my previous years coverage on World Migratory Bird Day – WMBD 2021, WMBD 2023 (May 13th), WMBD 2023 (October 14th), WMBD 2024 (11th May) and WMBD 2024 (12th October). My birding journey has seen some great adventures visiting various nature reserves, parks and coastal areas for my birding photography, curating and uploading them into my Flickr photography collection – Bird/Wildlife Photography in Singapore. 

WMBD 2025 Theme – Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities & Communities

Singapore, while a very small country by land size, they are a hub for migratory birds on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and Central Asian Flyway, making it a major migratory bird hub/stopover destination. Singapore now can play a bigger and wider international role in the migratory birds journey with those 2 major flyways, a transit hub for migratory birds. 

Singapore is part of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, migratory birds making a pitstop in Singapore, giving bird photographers here in Singapore many opportunities to photograph them in action, the diversity and beauty of those migratory bird species. 

Recent research findings over the past few years have also indicated that Singapore’s status as a major migratory bird hub has grown in stature, Singapore now has become the intersection of 2 major flyways, adding the Central Asian-Indian Flyway to the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.

For more information on Singapore has a hub for migratory birds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and Central Asian Flyway, please check out the following articles below:

• NParks article – Feathered Global Ambassadors: https://www.nparks.gov.sg/nparksbuzz/issue-42-vol-3-2019/conservation/feathered-global-ambassadors 
• Mothership article – New study shows Singapore is a pitstop for migratory birds from 2 major flyways: https://mothership.sg/2020/12/migratory-bird-central-asian-flyway-singapore/ 
• Nature Portfolio Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77897-z 
• Straits Times article on 1st April 2024 – New Initiative to protect migratory birds and habitats: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-initiative-to-protect-migratory-birds-and-habitats

Visiting the various nature reserves, parks and coastal areas in Singapore for my birding photography, we can see Singapore playing their small part in creating bird-friendly cities & communities, through the protection, conservation and preservation of nature areas, parks, green belt connectors.

Flickr Photography Collection – Bird/Wildlife Photography in Singapore

I am working to curate and upload more birding photography in Singapore, showcasing the importance of Singapore as a bird hub for migratory birds. Although I haven’t reach the level of photographing all the bird species listed in Singapore by Birds of Singapore website by Bird Society of Singapore, I would still be actively visiting nature reserves, parks, coastal areas for bird photography (local and migratory) in Singapore.

Here’s a view of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and Kranji Coastal Nature Park from the other end of Kranji industrial estate TimMac @ Kranji, not too far from the upcoming Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat Nature Park that is slated to open in 2028.

Also a photograph of the peregrine falcon, an uncommon migrant and rare visitor, perching on the ledge of an industrial building at TimMac @ Kranji.

Looking back at my migratory bird season from around October 2024 to March/April 2025, this was a very fruitful birding adventure (both local and migratory), and I hope to continue on this momentum when the new migratory bird season begins around September/October 2025 in Singapore.

With the rising bird photography community in Singapore, I hope that we can help to raise the awareness, publicity, knowledge and learning about birds, wildlife, nature, conservation and preservation of nature reserves, parks, and coastal areas in Singapore.

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Marking World Wildlife Day 2025, I decided that I would share more photographs of Singapore’s wildlife biodiversity that I took during my bird photography and nature treks, that are not bird photographs that I have been sharing quite a fair bit over the years. 

Singapore, even with its small land size, is home to a rich biodiversity of wildlife, from mammals to birds, insects, reptiles and many more. This is also the time to remind myself that I would need to photograph more of Singapore’s biodiversity besides my bird photography adventure in Singapore (on local and migratory birds) during my nature and outdoors treks. 

From Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, to Jurong Lake Gardens, Pasir Ris Park, West Coast Park, Labrador Park, Bidadari Park, Fort Canning Park, these are just some of the locations that the different wildlife biodiversity that I shot in the last one year period. 

I am continuing to upload and share more photographs into my Nature Reserves/Parks/Park Connectors in Singapore and Wildlife in Singapore collections on Flickr, showcasing and sharing Singapore’ biodiversity, a truly City In Nature.  

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Bird Migratory Season (October 2024 to March 2025) in Singapore

I am sharing some of the birds that I photographed during the past few months across various parks/nature areas in Singapore. Let’s see how many more #bird species that I can add in March 2025, round up and adding on to my Birds in Singapore collection on Flickr – https://flic.kr/s/aHsjBnNjyL. 

Wildlife photography and Nature Parks/Parks/Park Connector in Singapore

Over the years, I have been visiting various nature parks/parks/park connector networks in Singapore. While I have been actively visiting photographing birds, wildlife, landscapes (nature and urban), I haven’t been doing that well on uploading more photographs and writing my local Singapore travel visual stories on Singapore’s wildlife and City In Nature biodiversity and beauty.

In 2025, I would be working on uploading more photographs into the two Flickr collections below:

• Nature Reserves/Parks/Park Connectors in Singapore – https://www.flickr.com/photos/tangenghui/collections/72157664291934979/ 
• Wildlife Photography in Singapore – https://www.flickr.com/photos/tangenghui/collections/72157632742488230/ 

Next up would be writing travel visual stories + easy to use guides on visiting Nature Reserves/Parks/Park Connectors in Singapore, the wildlife photography opportunities, that would be useful for both international visitors and fellow Singaporeans. 

This would keep me busy in the content creation segments on Singapore’s travel, nature, parks, biodiversity and wildlife photography. 

TGH Photography x Canon EOS R6 Mark II Explorer Series

My bird photography adventures were shot with Canon EOS R6 Mark II and Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens. I am enjoying this photography setup/combination, until I decide to change my lens for something else.  

A fruitful and fun bird migratory season from October 2024 to February 2025 in Singapore, what would the last month of migratory birds season in March 2025 be like for me? 

* A TGH Photography x Canon EOS R6 Mark II Explorer Series Production *

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