Schacter’s book Roads, a collection of photographs shot throughout Canada, was published in 2010. The Ottawa Citizen newspaper described Roads as “the compelling work of a photographer who feels his country.” The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, selected Roads for its annual Christmas gift book list, observing that it “captures a country that forgot to look at the camera.”

Mark’s next book, a collection of photographs shot around the five Great Lakes of the United States and Canada, will be published in October 2012. Schacter, who spent his childhood in a Canadian city on the western shore of Lake Superior - the largest of the Great Lakes - presents a very personal portrait of the Lakes and their surrounding cities, towns, ports, industrial zones and landscapes. The photographs in this gallery are from that series.

“When I am out in the field with my camera, I am looking for shots that have potential to be great images,” Schacter says. “After shooting, I use editing software to translate that potential into a finished product. Every one of my images is processed with DxO Optics Pro, and for many of them I also use the FilmPack add-on.”

Schacter, who now lives in Ottawa, Canada, says that DxO Optics Pro is “an indispensible tool that allows me to translate my creative vision into a reality I can share with others.”