Water From A Different Angle / Antoine Goods

Water From A Different Angle


By Antoine Goods

It was my favorite and it was a mistake. I took this picture at 12:00 p.m. at the Getty Center near the Abelardo Morell exhibit. Originally, I tried to get a better picture of the stream than the one I had previously taken. The idea was to get a wide to narrow perspective. When the picture first came out, I realized it wasn’t what I wanted, but it was better because of the angle of the wall, the ripples in the water, and the reflection of the surroundings. I captured the feelings I described. I wanted the picture to look like a huge dam-like structure that became narrow towards the end. When the picture came out it did not look like how I wanted it so I almost deleted it. Now I love the picture and am glad that I took it. I am glad I took the picture because I was really thinking of deleting it, then I talked to one of the advisors and they showed me all of the different principles of design that were in my photograph.

When the viewer sees the picture I hope they are in awe and that they want their own copy. Some important elements that take place in the picture are texture, color, line, balance, and movement. The principles that are most visible are line, balance, and movement. The principles help show how different water can look if you use different angles to look at it.