Martina in the sunlight. (Patreon)

Martina was telling me:
"There is this light in the kitchen, but the other photographer said it's no good because it is too harsh."
"Well", I said: "let me try..."

The right exposure is everything, and the histogram in the modern mirrorless cameras is of great help, so I rarely miss a shot nowadays.
I would go as far as to say that the exposure meters are obsolete, at least until you start working with studio strobes.