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

Continuing to look back at my TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years milestone celebrations till date from April to August 2026, there still wasn’t much celebrations till date except for my earlier small celebration gatherings in April 2026.

Moving into the final quarter of 2026, I would be working 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, I hope to share more updates in the next month. 

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. 

Photo Print 1 – Beautiful City in Nature Mist 

The first photography print given away is the photo print exhibited at 21st Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition 2026. 

Photo Print 2 – Of Red and White Celebrations at GBTB Lighting Up Marina Bay Singapore 

The second photography print to be given away is the photo print exhibited at 20th Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition 2025.

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 September 2026 and beyond, continuing on from where I kickstarted in the past few months.

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 am working on balancing and re-allocating more time for outdoors/nature and bird/wildlife photography again in September 2026 and last quarter of 2026 when migratory bird season starts again.

XPan Pano with Samyang MF14mm f/2.8 RF

I recently bought a Samyang MF14mm f/2.8 RF lens from The Camera Workshop, a place that I regularly goes to for my photography stuff. This lens is a reward and gift for myself as part of my TGH Photography and Travel portal/blog 20 years milestone celebrations in 2026. 

Inspired by XPan film prints as well as creating XPan photos in digital format, I am on a new personal visual storytelling project to capture Singapore’s City In Nature landscapes, urban landscapes, with some curated photographs that would form part of my TGH Photography and Travel 20 Years Milestone Photo Zine.

Uploading Photographs to Flickr Collections

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.

Documenting Old and Disappearing Places/Buildings in September 2026

In recent weeks, more news were reported on locations facing an uncertain future and challenges, from nature areas to urban buildings. Both Maju Forest and Gillman Barracks nature areas are slated for future housing development, sparking quite a fair bit of debates, discussions and limelight on future economic development (in the housing sector) versus preserving/conserving land/nature areas. 

Maju Forest / Gillman Barracks / Tan Boo Liat Building

I have started to revisit Maju Forest again, planning my future field trips to document more. Next up would be Gillman Barracks, photographing and documenting as much as I can, in the months and years ahead before development takes place, like what I did with Dover Forest prior to that area being cleared for public housing development. Looking to find like-minded nature explorer friends and explore the lush greenery and aura of Maju Forest.

Tan Boo Liat building is also in the news recently too, with its impending en bloc sale, we would see less of such mixed use commercial development that has its own brutalist architectural design that was built in 1976 that accompanied Singapore’s growth and transformation over the decades. 

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! 

Exhibitions/Events (Photography/Heritage/Arts)

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

Singapore Night Festival 2026

Singapore Night Festival 2026 is back! The festival started on 21st August, last day is 5th September 2026. Do drop by and visit if you haven’t do so! Find out more about Rediscovering Myths and Legends at Singapore Night Festival 2026 in my article!

Mid-Autumn Festival 2026

Mid-Autumn Festival 2026 falls on 25th September 2026 (15th of lunar 8th month), the Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns and light up would be up soon. Time to head down to Jurong Lake Gardens and Gardens By The Bay.

SLA25 Rediscovery Trail

Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is celebrating her 25 years milestone in 2026. Marking this milestone, SLA is inviting the public to visit and explore SLA places that have shaped Singapore’s communities and society. More information can be found here.

Personal Updates

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. This still remains a delicate and tricky situation. It’s not going getting easier, it’s becoming more challenging and difficult down the road. 

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 September 2026!

September 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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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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