While starting out, he asked for advice from such older experts as Li Tiao-lun, Teng Nan-kuang, Yang T'ien-szu, and Chung Chin-ch'ing. They rejected salon photography, admired naturalism and realism, and encouraged Li to follow the path marked out by the Liberty Exhibit of 1954 and the Photographic Society of Taipei.
在他習影之初，他請來李釣倫、鄧南光、楊天賜、鐘錦清等前輩擔任攝影同好會的評審兼顧問，他們較崇尚自然寫實之風，鼓勵街頭取景或造型構成而摒棄畫意沙龍，李悌欽走的方向，也就是當年「自由影展」（一九五四年）及「台北攝影學會」（一九五七年）所鼓吹、發展的路。