On the subject of clichés, for these ‘shots’, I was looking for the most calendaresque view I could find. A view and composition that was the most encompassing to visually represent that lake and/or reservoir. There are certain conventions of making ‘good’ photographs that I was interested in as well, like for instance the ‘rule of thirds’. Although I knew in the back of my mind that these images were to later be degraded, I still sought out the ‘best’ shot I could get by hiking to tops of hills, going into strangers’ balconies, waiting for the sun etc. And to me, I enjoy the perversity in subverting all this photographic labor by later degrading it with the lake water.