ABOUT US

James Morrissey has been photographing professionally for over 20 years – with a particular love of landscape and nature photography. In 2009, Judy Davis, the creator of the Westminster Dog Show’s Green Room, called him and said, “I found your website on page 19 of Google. I absolutely love your landscape work and your dog photography is OK. You can learn that. Why don’t you come work for me at the Green Room at the Pennsylvania Hotel?”  From this, a new career was born. Wild Coyote Studio photographed with the Green Room until 2020, when the Pennsylvania Hotel closed its doors.

During this time, James met a dog named Kettu and fell completely in love. When his wife and he were ready for a new dog, he reached out to the breeder, Kendra Hutch, and she said, “Kettu is mostly retired, but I know someone who will take care of you,” and she set him to Jessica Loy and Justin Crawford with Wyntre Finnish Lapphunds. They got their pick dog, Wyatt, and started showing so that he could learn the ropes of being on the show side of the photography business as Judy had asked James to come photograph the Samoyed Club of America’s National Specialty in 2022.

James and his wife, Chanthee, championed Wyatt as they were adding a new member to the family, Logan. Logan just happened to be one of Kettu’s puppies. Time has moved on and James and his family have continued to immerse themselves in the world of canine conformation and show photography. In 2024, Justin Crawford joined the WCS Team to photograph the 2024 Samoyed Club of America's National Specialty.  WCS is proud to announce that we have been contracted to photograph the 2025 and 2026 SCA National Specialties.  

Wyatt and Logan are both now Grand Champions, and in 2025, Logan took Select during the Finnish Lapphund Club of America’s National Regional Specialty in Kentucky. Wild Coyote Studio’s work has been featured in many publications including: ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Fox 5, The Thrillist, The Washington Post and WKSL (Salt Lake City), The Canine Chronicle, Showsight Magazine and multiple other publications.