In terms of the use of lighting, in the early period the departure of the sun was utilized to capture the image of dusk. But in this period, besides using patio glass arrangements to control the natural sunlight, portraitists also used semi-transparent cloth or black cloth to modulate the light source.
以光源的運用而言，早期多以太陽光的走向來捕捉肖像的定影，而此期的寫真館除了以天井玻璃裝置來控制自然光源外，另外以半透明布或黑布，調節光源。