...picture-making is almost entirely a matter of good taste, and that is largely instinctive when the taste has been trained and cultivated. - Arthur Hammond

The lack of hard edges and the entire absence of that biting hardness of definition that is unavoidable with some lenses is just what the picture maker wants.

The picture-space should be filled, but need not be crowded, and it must be remembered that in judging balance, not only the masses of the subject, but also the shapes of the area remaining after being cut into by the outlines of these masses, have a bearing on the general design of the picture.

Lines have expression, and by the use of lines alone we can suggest impressions.