Besides going to Japan to study or learn from a master, another path for Taiwan portraitists was to study in a studio in Taiwan opened by a Japanese photographer. The journey from apprentice to master took about three years and four months.
除了赴日留學、當學徒，在台灣到日人所開設的店裡學藝，也是台籍寫真師的一條出路，從拜師到出師，需時約三年四個月。