Renee Michelle Photography & Editing

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Modern EdgeThis entire look started with those SHOES.Betsey Johnson. Impeccable condition. Goodwill. $12.Leopard print w...
03/07/2026

Modern Edge

This entire look started with those SHOES.

Betsey Johnson. Impeccable condition. Goodwill. $12.

Leopard print with red plaid detailing underneath — the kind of unexpected design detail that demands a full concept built around it.

The hat echoed the tartan. The textures layered into confidence.
Pattern play. Attitude. Movement.

Editorial can be polished.
It can also be playful — especially when fashion finds you first.

Model: Mueller
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop
After Hours

Soft ContrastLayers of blush tulle against structured black. Heavy boots grounding delicate movement.The lighting here w...
03/06/2026

Soft Contrast

Layers of blush tulle against structured black. Heavy boots grounding delicate movement.

The lighting here was intentional.
We shot in a glass-wrapped space — reflections on three sides — and I wanted the octobox modifiers visible in the glass. Those geometric highlights create dimension, almost like subtle architectural framing inside the frame.

It’s a mash of sexy and demure.
Romance with backbone.

Romantic doesn’t mean fragile.
It means deliberate restraint.

Model: Mueller
After Hours
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX

Structured GlamourA sculpted silver silhouette layered with crystal texture and chain detail — refined, structured, unap...
02/25/2026

Structured Glamour

A sculpted silver silhouette layered with crystal texture and chain detail — refined, structured, unapologetically polished.

And yes… this Sherri Hill dress was a Goodwill find. Under $10.

I paired it with boots to ground the glamour — to shift it away from expected formality and into something more editorial. Less red carpet. More edge.
This look was about precision — posture, tension, symmetry.
High fashion attitude with a modern undertone.
Editorial doesn’t always require extravagance.

Sometimes it’s about reimagining it.

Model: Mueller
After Hours
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX

Three looks.One vision.No mythology this time.No lore. No characters to unravel.Just fashion. Form. Light.The quiet disc...
02/23/2026

Three looks.
One vision.
No mythology this time.
No lore. No characters to unravel.
Just fashion. Form. Light.
The quiet discipline of posing.
The structure of shadow against bone.
The way fabric shifts when confidence walks into a room.
Working with Sarah was effortless — talented, fearless, and fully present in every frame.

This was about editorial expression.
About beauty without narrative.
About letting the styling speak.

Model: Mueller
After Hours
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling:
Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, MagMod modifiers
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX

Not every moment needs mythology.Some images are about restraint—about knowing exactly who you areand choosing how much ...
02/01/2026

Not every moment needs mythology.
Some images are about restraint—
about knowing exactly who you are
and choosing how much to reveal.
Two frames. One presence.

Jessica never misses.

Model: Jessica Bailey
Concept & Photography: Renee Michelle

They knew the Doctor.They feared Death.But they never saw Dolora.She walked behind them both—silent wings folded into sh...
01/31/2026

They knew the Doctor.
They feared Death.
But they never saw Dolora.

She walked behind them both—silent wings folded into shadow, boots echoing softly down tiled halls and plague-worn streets. When Death stalked a Doctor’s path, she already knew what that meant. Someone inside was about to cross the threshold. Someone would be leaving their body… and might not know where to go.

When the final breath left a room, Dolora arrived not with judgment, but with a lantern. She gathered wandering souls—good or wicked, saint or sinner—those who might otherwise linger, lost between worlds. With steady hands, she opened the way and released them to their proper realm. No prayers. No praise. Just mercy.

History forgot her because it never knew how to name her.
But without her, countless souls would still be wandering the dark.

Model: Jessica Bailey
HMU: Refine Beauty Shea Griessel
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, Nanlite Global PavoTube II, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX



There are some concepts a model has to work at.This wasn’t one of them.Succubi, in mythology, don’t seduce by effort. Th...
01/19/2026

There are some concepts a model has to work at.
This wasn’t one of them.

Succubi, in mythology, don’t seduce by effort. They seduce by existing—by knowing exactly who they are and letting the rest unravel naturally. Jessica understood that immediately. No overplaying. No theatrics. Just a seamless shift into something ancient, dangerous, and devastatingly beautiful.

We’ve shot together multiple times, but this one hit differently. The look locked in fast—the horns, the wings, the red heat of it all—and suddenly she wasn’t playing a succubus. She was inhabiting one. Like the role had been waiting for her.

Honestly? She didn’t have to try very hard.
Some people just walk into the fire like they belong there.

Model: Jessica Bailey
HMU: Refine Beauty Shea Griessel
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, Nanlite Global PavoTube II, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX

Before the gods learned to rule, before light dared to name itself, Nyx rose from Chaos.Not born, but formed — a living ...
12/27/2025

Before the gods learned to rule, before light dared to name itself, Nyx rose from Chaos.

Not born, but formed — a living veil of night, older than Olympus, older than fear itself. Even Zeus, king of thunder, knew better than to test her. Some forces do not bow. They simply endure.

Each night, she draws her dark cloak across the sky, scattering stars like embers and lifting the moon as both guide and warning. In her hands, darkness is not empty — it is deliberate. A sacred quiet where Sleep and Death were first cradled, where dreams take shape and endings are born gently, not cruelly.

This Nyx is crowned, not to rule — but because night answers to no one else. She stands between worlds, holding the moon as both shield and truth, her veil a threshold rather than a hiding place. Light exists only because she allows it to return.

She does not chase the sun.

She waits — patient, eternal — knowing the sky will always come back to her.

Model: Jessica Bailey
HMU: Refine Beauty Shea Griessel
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, Nanlite Global PavoTube II, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX
Mask, neckpiece, belt, cape, wristlets--made by me😁

I don’t remember when the breaking began.Maybe it was a single crack at first — a whisper of pain, a flicker of fear — s...
11/28/2025

I don’t remember when the breaking began.

Maybe it was a single crack at first — a whisper of pain, a flicker of fear — small enough to ignore until it wasn’t.

Until it spread.
Until it split me open.

The world says I look fine.
But inside these bones, something is always screaming.
Inside this mind, shadows move faster than I can catch them.
My body betrays me.
My thoughts haunt me.
And no one sees it… not really.

So I sit in the quiet places where the floor is cold and the air is thin, piecing myself together with tape, pills, hope, and whatever strength hasn’t run out yet.

They call it invisible.
But I am not invisible.

I am fractured — yes —
but I am still here.
Still reaching.
Still fighting.

And Jessica understood that.
She handed me her hurt, her rage, her exhaustion —
and I carried it because I knew it.
Because it was already inside me.
Because sometimes two broken things recognize each other before they ever speak.

These tears you see?
They’re real.
Ours.
Shared.
This story isn’t just hers.
It isn’t just mine.
It belongs to anyone who has ever felt their body turn into a battlefield
and still found a way to rise — even if only to their knees.

We are the unseen.
The misunderstood.
The quietly screaming.
But we are not alone.
And we are not done.

Model: Jessica Bailey
HMU: Refine Beauty Shea Griessel
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle

Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, Nanlite Global@ PavoTube II, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX
Event: 2025 After Hours

It’s been a while since I’ve shared… truthfully, I haven’t been doing well physically, and it’s taken a hard toll on my ...
09/20/2025

It’s been a while since I’ve shared… truthfully, I haven’t been doing well physically, and it’s taken a hard toll on my mental health too. But I’m trying to slowly fight my way back, and posting again feels like part of that. It's what we do right? We survive. 🙃😀

Jessica and I did multiple after hours shoots together at , and for this one I was going for more simple drama, but totally INYOURFACE. The concept was a Dragon Seductress — the kind of creature who lures you in with beauty and mystery, only to deliver you straight to her Dragon Master. Honestly though, Jess didn’t have to try too hard at the seductive part… she’s just that gorgeous. She gave this look all the cunning and allure it needed, like she was born to play the part.

For this set, I wanted to play with shadow work, using multiple lights and deep red gels to cast a world where temptation meets trepidation. I think we captured exactly that — a story written in darkness and fire.

Model: Bailey

HMU: Beauty Griessel
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, USA II, MagMod 24" octo modifier
Gear: Nikon + America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, & Boris FX

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳.𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 — 𝘯𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪...
08/11/2025

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 — 𝘯𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘬.
𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸.
𝘕𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭, 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

This was only one look of many that Jessica and I shot during after hours — hurried, fleeting, but somehow timeless. Jessica told me this concept/photos were her mother’s favorite. Soon after, Jessica’s mom sadly passed and I now see this image differently. I see a quiet debut — a woman stepping out from the shadow of another’s story, claiming her own.

Model: Jessica Bailey
HMU: Beauty Griessel
Photography/Concept/Wardrobe/Edit/Styling: Renee Michelle
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX Optics

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07/29/2025

“For those who live their nightmares so that others may have their dreams.”
― Callie Hart, Quicksilver

Model/Concept/Full Cosplay: Model Paige Nicole
Photography/Editing: Renee Michelle
Based on by Callie Hart
Lights: Westcott FJ-200s / FJ-400, Vivid FlexiGels, MagMod modifier
Gear: Nikon D850 + SIGMA America glass
Software: Adobe Photoshop, ON1 & Boris FX Optics
Video/animation: Mid - Journey AI (Real photo ---> AI video)

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