Ray was born in London 1973 and moved to Australia in the early 1980's. His has formal training in electronic engineering, real estate and web design.

At present Ray runs a company that imports machinery, at night he shoots the heavens.

Ray has many links to the astronomical world across many continents. Locally he does a regular astronomy spot on 6PR talk back radio and is a part time guide at Perth Observatory.

His Astrophotography has been published in magazines all over the world and numerous times in Australian newspapers.

NASA on occasion have contacted Ray for information relating to his work.

NASA have also posted Ray's work on their homepage as Picture of the Day.

Currently Ray has been involved with a documentary called Space Cowboy. A major satellite network is looking at turning this into a series with Ray as the host. Ray was the script writer for the pilot.

Ray is a member of the Australian Writers Guild and has recently published his second book The Cosmic Art Gallery which will be available from this website soon.

Ray has done numerous exhibitions around Perth in recent years with his most recent at Burswood Intercontinental Resort.

Ray also works from time to time as Electronics Officer for the Anti Whaling Group Sea Shepherd, and spends time at sea with them as a crew member. His role is manning and maintaining all electronic equipment on the bridge.

Ray says -
“Cosmotography has taken me many years to learn. It is an extremely rare art form due to the technical challenges and learning curves involved. By capturing the cosmos I am capturing the biggest, most distant objects possible. In many of my photos light has travelled across interstellar space for thousands of years, so my photos show objects from the past, and not the present. I really enjoy showing people an art that is from beyond our world”