I've never taken a photography class, but in college I did take theater and stage lighting. In the theater and in studios, lighting is an art in and of itself. Because it's meant to convey a thought, time of day, what kind of day, it is, or even an emotion. Frankly, I appreciate Poser's lights. It gives you all kinds of control to convey just those points I mention above. If you took all that control away, people would be begging Poser to put it back in.