Art Burkhalter, a photographer of more than forty years, is a retired electronics and data systems engineer. He bought his first SLR and watched his first black and white image come up in the developer tray during 1969, while in a war zone. Art is a member of the Valley Viewfinders Camera Club in Albany, Oregon, and a past chairman of the Columbia Council of Camera Clubs, as well as a past QEID Chair for 4Cs. He has also been the newsletter publisher and photographer for the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association, caretakers of the SP&S 700 steam locomotive in Portland, Oregon.