Chris Wilkins, assistant director of photography at The Dallas Morning News, blogs about the importance of great light and provides several examples from a week’s worth of wire photos. There’s good info here for my SMU and TCU students as well as anyone else interested in improving their images.

I stress “looking at the light” in all my classes. In weekly critiques, I ask each of my students to analyze the light in their classmates’ photos. Whether you’re looking at photographs, a film, or simply marveling at the way a sunset glows in ruby-colored hues at dusk, seeing the light is a critical step to making great images.