I took this picture at my work, Cliffside Restaurant. We have these hanging light bulb light fixtures throughout the restaurant. I climbed on top of a barrier between the dining room and the kitchen in order to capture the picture from this angle. The different composition aspects I was able to incorporate were:
Rule of thirds: I positioned the light bulbs using the rule of thirds, putting them in the upper left hand corner of the frame to draw the attention to them and make them the focal point of the shot.
Diagonal rule: The windows are arranged in a diagonal, ascending upwards. This diagonal separates the ceiling/wall from the windows almost making it look like two different pictures were sliced in half then combined.
Vector: The light bulbs are hanging down which creates direction downward.
Lines: There are lines created by the window panes, both horizontal and vertical. The horizontal line is much thicker than the three vertical ones.
Figure/ground: The light bulbs are in the foreground drawing attention to them first, and also making them seem larger than they actually are. The view from the windows, as well as the window panes and wall are in the background.
Contrast: There is contrast between light and dark in this frame. The wall and the window panes are a dark black that contrasts the bright blue sky and bright orange from the light bulbs. The brightness from the blue sky highlights the light bulb's edges giving them shape against the black wall.
