how important is light when factoring a trichomes size/health and cannibinoid content???

what im really getting at. is will an indoor plant that has more exposed trichomes produce more resin???? removing shading leaves to expose more trichomes. or is it really ALL in the leaves/the energy producing cells??

can one aim for growing more RESIN rather than BUD WEIGHT when growing indoor???
or can you remove fan leaves in loss of bud size to gain trichome potency??? after all we are after the resin contend, not the size of the bud (unless of course this means more trichomes!)