Contrast, Balance and Harmony.

A still from AMC's "Better Call Saul"

The yellow light in the background with the window on the right contrasts and balances with the dark corners of the room, the color temperature seen on the brown walls also give it balance along with the placement of the subject.

The rule of thirds technique helps give the photo balance because instead of the middle, the subject is placed left and sort of in the background, giving the room a sense of depth. The subject is also the most lit in the room for the eyes to easily spot him. The shapes also give it balance, the walls and the ceiling with the missing panels help give it shape.

The Harmony for me is found in the bleak colors and dark corners and shapes of the room, even though the subject is the most lighted he is still dimly lit. The left to right lighting going from sickly yellow to a glimmer of natural light coming from the window, give it a depth but in a cluster-phobic kind of way. All of it tells us that he doesn't make enough money to afford a better office with enough space, we can also tell that with the heater right behind him. The camera, along with everything else, was well placed to give us the sense of isolation.

Visceral response.

A promo photo for the FX show "Louie".

For me this captures the little humorous moments we have, even if sometimes life can feel a bit black and white.

Since its black and white there isn't much intensity, but the value is there.

We can see that he's in the subway and judging from the textures, the dirt and the dents, we can tell that it isn't the fanciest of trains. Just an everyday person going through everyday life.

The main character in the picture isn't taking center stage but instead is placed in the left corner. I'm sure the photographer had the rule of thirds in his mind but what I like to think it also means is that sometimes, we don't feel like the main character of our own story. None the less it still draws our eyes attention to him and his face.

His face expression sells it for me, It's like he's thinking, "Oh wait, did I bring the house keys?"
and even though he looks worried about something, there is a graffitied smily face. It's almost like he doesn't know he's in a comedy.
The ad production did a great job capturing the feel of the show with this photo I think.

But I've already seen the show so I'm very interested on how this photo affects someone who's never seen or heard about it. 

And now for those who are interested, here is a little story from the guy in the photo; Louis ck.

A bit about me.

Hi there, My name is Aleki Tuato'o. Aleki basically means Alex in Samoan but I go by Adi.
[Ah-Dee].
It's a lot to take in so I just tell people my name is Adi to avoid confusion.
I'm from American Samoa, which is a tiny island in the pacific. One of the biggest things to happen to us is the opening of a McDonalds.
I'm here majoring in film in hopes of making my own movies one day. I mainly watch comedies instead of drama but I love it when a movie does a great job mixing both.

Really I'm learning about myself as much as you are to be honest.

Have a nice Day.