...the composition in portraiture and figure studies may be constructive rather than selective, though it will be found that selective composition al… - Arthur Hammond

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.

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.