What are some lighting tips you wish you had known from the beginning?

As I get more and more into this, I'm looking back and kicking myself for not understanding some basics:

• It's better to have extra light and drop it in post, than to not have enough light and try to bring it up
• You can use a light behind you to create that "pop" in the eyes
• Lights from below only often give an unpleasant/dark/menacing look
• Reflectors can really help the harshness of white strobe lights

These probably fall below even "basic lighting" knowledge - but I'm looking for more little nuggets of wisdom that might save a few of my future concepts.

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