"What Silber does is get you to 'think before you think' - in other words to contemplate and pre-visualize your photographic intentions more before the act of capturing an image. This way, your successes are planned and intentional rather than being at the whim of the image, equipment or weather or people.

It's also the way he does this is. He does not just rely on his view point. He also brings along his insights from conversations with other successful photographers whose input - neatly summed up - are a revelation in themselves, particularly since he keeps the insights related to a particular genre of the art (landscape, people, documentary etc.,). This generosity (and succinctness) with other peoples' approaches is what makes it for me." - M