All about Jeff Rayner (s)

There are currently 3 Jeff Rayners, spanning the West coast of America ; specifically California , Oregon and Washington . Two are of English origin from towns which are a stones throw apart. See websites [1] and [2]

Let's start with JSR:

Name: Jeff Stuart Rayner ( aka jeffrey or jeffrayner )

Date of birth: 2nd December, 1975 (feel free to put that one in your diaries!)

Parents: Margaret and Kenneth Rayner

Past times : languages, all sports, web design, chess and travelling

Background: Born in Hoo , remained there during his school years (attending the Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive), before going to the University of Leeds where he studied for a European Physics with Astrophysics degree. The European aspect was languages (French and Spanish) and his third of a four year programme was spent at the Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble , France. Directly from uni , he started work in Holland Park , London with the pH Group Ltd as a Managment Consultant, where he remained for over 5 years until summer 2003, until meeting the love of his life and emigrating to America .

Currently: He resides in Portland , Oregon and works as Product Line Manager for Intelligent Results - a state of the art analytics company, that is a spin-off from military intelligence. Married to Mardell, they are expecting their first baby boy in early May 2006.

If you'd like to write something to him, click here

Now let's move on to with JR:

Jeff Rayner is a British born photographer from Canterbury in the UK - He now resides in Los Angeles and has done for the past 7 years - He travels the world on assignments for most of the British press including The London Times - Mail on Sunday - Daily Mirror - The Sun - Sunday Mirror - The Guardian - to name but a few - In this photo he is pictured during the fury of Hurricane Isabelle whilst on assignment for the Daily Mirror in North Carolina.

Jeff first became interested in photography from the age of 15 - From there he went on to do a Professional 3 year City and Guilds course in Thanet - Whilst there Jeff attended work experience at the local paper - He quickly moved on to Nottingham to study a degree in photography - Jeff has won many international photographic awards and has had several exhibitions in the UK - Jeff first started his career on the local Hastings Observer Newspaper in Sussex - He was quickly snapped up by the local news agency, Connors after less than a year at the paper - Finally after covering hard news and features for the national newspapers in London Jeff was offered a job in Los Angeles with the news agency Splash.

After 4 years at Splash Jeff decided to take the chance to go freelance and has never looked back - He has appeared on several US television shows offering advice for up and coming stars on how to deal with the press - He has also had many articles written about him including features in the Daily Telegraph and Mail on Sunday - Jeff was the first photographer inside the "Superdome" during the disaster in New Orleans - He tagged himself onto the first convoy of buses entering the disaster zone to get the first pictures of the "Mayhem within" - Jeff is currently filming a show for the E entertainment channel about the 101 sexiset bodies in showbiz - Here Jeff is photographed on the deserted streets of New Orleans after the hurricane hit.

Now let's move on to with JAR:

Born: Jeffrey Alan Rayner, Seattle , WA 28 June 1967 .

 

 

 

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