Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.

Light gesture and color of the key compliments of any photograph. Light and color are obvious, but it is just her that is the most important. There is gesture in everything. It's up to you to find a gesture that is most telling.

There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.

The composition is already there, you just need to crop it

You will, in time, see and show others not just the superficial, but the details, the meanings, and the implications of all that you look at.

Gesture is not always action.

You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in the round and look at it from all sides.