Choices.
There are many who would tell you that the midday sun is no time to make photographs. But of course, this is nonsense. Pioneers of color photography such as Stephen Shore, William Eggleston along with countless modern day photographers go out when the sun is bright and the sky is blue to produce wonderful work. (Despite myself claiming no one goes out on a bright sunny day and produces something challenging and unique!)
Maybe growing up in the north of England where the sun rarely shines is the reason I will either go out first light, last light, or whenever there is a storm on the horizon. (Or maybe its just too hot!)
Photography is always about choices; Of light, of lens, of subject. So on and so forth. But these should always be the photographers and not the authors.