Who Are We

Welcome to Papa Ray’s Photography!

Papa Ray’s Photography is a community dedicated to those of the hobbyist level. However, all skill levels are welcome. If you have the need, drive, passion and love of photography jump in on conversation. If you want to improve your skills or help others, comments are more than welcome! While you are here stop by our Blog, Gallery as well as our Legal pages.

So what made me create this website? Quite simple. I got my first real camera and had no clue how to use it minus watching hundreds of YouTube videos. YouTube comments are OK but I really wanted to start my own community. I would love to be around like minded individuals sharing in the same common goal, learning and improving our skills. In the end, I really wanted a space of my own that I could share my images without all the weight of the corporate world and all the “Stipulations” that went with it.

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Recent Blog Posts

Bollinger Mill and Covered Bridge
Bollinger Mill and Covered Bridge
November 22, 2022

Bollinger Mill and Covered Bridge is a treasure of Missouri’s that sits right off the Whitewater River in Burfordville. If you wish to see the 3rd treasure this place offers…..

A Gem Long Forgotten
A Gem Long Forgotten
November 16, 2022
In historic downtown Cairo, IL (pronounced care-oh) is a weathered old building, a Gem long forgotten by the community and time! The Gem is a theater that sits eerily quiet and abandoned on...
IC5785 Display Cairo Illinois
IC5785 Display Cairo Illinois
October 21, 2022
IC 5785 On Display Cairo, IL IC 5785 Display Cairo, IL The old red caboose is at rest, IC5785 On Display Cairo Illinois. Illinois little slice of heaven located at the confluence of t...