Brett MacFadden tries to manage this mood by finding and enhancing the connections between images. "The author creates quite a bit of the pacing, but beyond that, you start out with this whole pile of imagery and you look for what sits well next to each other. The majority of the work in these image-heavy books is about dropping things in, resizing them, trying to work it until it holds as a spread." MacFadden consistently finds pacing mechanisms within the material itself. "Sometimes I look for lines in images that will connect them to other images; connecting horizon lines or connecting other elements within images will give me clues. I might match textures, colors, atmospheres. There can be a musical patterning, where you let things fall quiet, or bring them to a crescendo. Pacing is essential, and a lot of it is intuitive. Mostly, it's aesthetics and balance. You just go back and see what feels right or feels off."