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It can be difficult to know how to intersperse decorative feature tiles among plain ones to create the best effect. In order to get a feel for the right design balance, first cut out tile-sized squares of paper and tape them to the walls, then move them around until you are happy with the effect. In general, it is best to keep feature tiles at least one Tile out from the corners of a room. If you don't, the eye will tend to be drawn to the Wall edges and away from the central areas of pattern.

Whether you plan to lay a new Floor covering or to make a decorative feature of an exposed floor, careful repair and preparation are vital. The Floor should be as level as possible, clean, dry, and smooth. Smoothness is important, since any projections will quickly ruin a covering.

That's one reason why the feature photography field remains comparatively uncrowded, despite its obvious advantages over spot news coverage. It's easier for the cameraman to come up to the standards of news photography than to those of feature photography. There are many photographers perfectly capable of doing features, and who would like to do them, who never get into the field for the simple reason that they don't ever see the opportunities all around them for feature pictures. They lack the knack, something akin to the "nose for news" mentioned in the previous chapter, to recognize feature picture material.