THE Photography of THE Coyote
  

Starting in Black and White photography, using the Kodak Brownie camera his mom gave him for Christmas, Coyote began posing flowers on his porch, shooting his tortoise laying eggs, or his red viper snake, mouth open - fangs bared - striking the camera lens.

Although Coyote enrolled in the UCLA Film School Program to become a director, he always ended up as photographer or cinematographer on the many school projects he worked on.

While still in UCLA Film School, Coyote worked for several magazines shooting concerts in the Los Angeles area. From the orchestra pit of the Forum to the slam-dance mosh pits of the valley punk clubs, Coyote's cowboy hat, was often blocking someone's view in the front. "My hat kept people from standing right behind me and bumping me when I shot," explains Coyote. "A lot of the doormen in the nightclubs recognized my hat and would let me slip in while everybody else had to wait in line." Coyote laughs, "Once, I was asked to show my driver's license and the doorman looked at me shocked and said, "I thought your name was Coyote!"