Lefty Ray Chapa is a San Antonio based, award winning, professional photographer and writer specializing in Tejano music and outdoor subjects like fly fishing and kayak fishing. He is also a lecturer on the Texas fly fishing opportunities and can be found giving slideshows and seminars around the country. When not photographing Tejano bands, he is kayak fishing at the Texas coast or guiding fly fisherman on the Texas Hill Country streams.

Lefty Ray's work has appeared in magazines like Newsweek, Southwest Fly Fishing, Paddler, Shallow Water Angler, Fly Fishing in Saltwaters, and Texas Parks & Wildlife. His work has also appeared in newspapers like the San Antonio Express-News and Saltwater Texas.

Lefty Ray has also done commercial photography for clients like Fly Rod & Reel magazine, Bass Pro Shops, and for the Surf to Summit Company. His Tejano music photography includes producing images for Tejas Records, Freddie Records, Univision, various independent labels, Academy of Tejano Artists & Musicians, KXTN Radio, Tejano Roots Hall of Fame Museum, the State Fair of Texas, and Tejano FM.

Originally from North Texas, Lefty Ray graduated from Texas A&M and moved to San Antonio in the early 80's. For over 30 years he has photographed a variety of subjects in various locales across Texas. In his words "It's either get up at 4:30 am or return at 4:30 am."

 The nickname "Lefty" comes from his high school golf team playing days. While actually left-handed he learned to play golf right-handed using his dad's extra set of golf clubs. While the team as a whole was not in the caliber of Tiger Woods, the golf coach was often overheard saying to other coaches that "His team could probably not outplay their team, but his team could out-drink and out-fight any other team in the state of Texas!"