Too many lines and too many objects of equal importance in a picture will cause confusion, discomfort and eye-strain. - Arthur Hammond

The artist, and more especially he who uses a camera, must enedeavor to be, not a mere recorder of external facts, but one who forms a vivid mental impression and tries to make us realize his impression.

There should be no very violent contrasts and no spottiness of light and shade, and, above all, the tones must be right.

A photograph can be made with an uncorrected lens, or with no lens at all by making an exposure through a fine needle-hole in a thin metal disc, and the result may be a picture showing the characteristic virtue of photography, the rendering of infinitely delicate gradations of tone. This is where photography stands alone, and this is the distinguishing quality which has given it a place among the fine arts.