[left-struck]

In street photography, and any photography really, paying attention to light is super important. I’d argue it’s more important when you can’t control it.

Sure you could just go out onto the street, take a bunch of photos and pay no attention to light, but if you want to improve your photos, or know why good photos are good, paying attention to light is just as important as say composition

[kmoser]

I'm not saying knowledge of lighting is unimportant. I'm saying knowledge of studio lighting is of little use when you don't have control over things like the type of lighting (daylight vs. incandescent vs. fluorescent, etc.) and lighting placement because you're shooting outdoors and you're limited largely to natural lighting (perhaps with the exception of a flash), and no ability to bounce lighting.