The reason Huang was not overwhelmed by the vogue of the time for pictorial salon photography was because he had a clear idea of photography's essential nature.
今天看來，這樣的理念，如果不在表現的手法與觀念有所實驗與突破，則「寫實」攝影的前瞻，怕是很侷限的罷。黃伯驥開始攝影時，所以沒有被當時的大潮流﹘﹘沙龍畫意派﹘﹘所掩沒，得歸功於他對「攝影」的本質，有一個明晰的意念。