Like traditional ink paintings, the ink photography works currently on the market can be divided into landscapes and flowers and birds according to the subject matter, corresponding to the landscape paintings and flower and bird paintings in traditional Chinese paintings; according to the technique and artistic conception, they can be divided into abstract and concrete, corresponding to the traditional Chinese paintings. Freehand and fine brushwork.

Although the ink-and-wash style photographs are unavoidable for post-processing with software such as Photoshop, this does not mean that the original photos can be arbitrarily distorted. Good ink photography works should modify the original photos as little as possible. It tests the photographer's composition and ability to capture light and shadow.