Li sought to bring out a soft, restrained beauty in his models, and his composition and lighting have a lasting appeal even today. During his later years Li began to advocate what he calls "self-expression composite photography."
但模特兒拍多了，興致轉薄，李釣綸晚年開始提倡另一種所謂「自我表現」的組合攝影。在「今日影展」四年與「青長青影展」三年中，他大力教導初學者運用組合連作的方式去創作。