When I attended art school in the mid-50's, design was more or less an elective. It took a back seat. Design was what happened after the product and marketing people did their part. I learned how to apply design after I got out of school. Successful companies today include design as a strategic and tactical weapon.
Designers are now part of the integrated team in Corporate America.
The buying and viewing public are far more sophisticated today than two or three decades ago. Photographer Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Where there's water, there are reflections. Whether wading pool, duck pond, river or lake, subjects reflected in water make striking photos. You may have to wait until the sun is at the correct angle, but it will be worth it.