It is by the light

I have heard that "photography is about the light." This is a good reminder to something important, but I would say that the phrase, according to my view of photography, is a little off. Yes, all one sees is light, be it a person or a light bulb, but that definition diminishes the meaning of the phrase.
Photography is by the light. That is to say the resulting quality is rather dependent on the light.

With this being said, I think paying attention to how light works, forms shadows, and highlights particular things is something highly beneficial to any beginner to at least intermediate photographers (considering myself to be an intermediate photographer).

Starting with photos from the night of the super moon.Without many photos of the moon itself, I payed more attention to the light it shed:

This was the same night, I bounced my flash off of a fence about ten feet away from this meter:

These two were just after sundown in a forest, this rock will seem brighter with this lighting:

I didn't notice this when I took the picture, but I like how the shadow of another house to the right of the frame underlays the three windows:

 Consider how all the little nails, things, and the screen would look different if the sun was not so low -would they really even be noticed?

Another non-purposeful, likable thing, the patch of sun on the top left corner:

Side light on corrugated metal and chipped paint, good stuff. :)

EXTERNAL FLASH TIME!! :D aka, speed-light. In the next to photos I had the flash on a tripod off the camera:

For this picture, because I had the tripod holding my flash, I strapped my camera to a tree trunk using the camera strap and my belt:

 Clouds several after minutes after sunset, affected by electric lights:

Thanks for viewing! :D