Renee Michelle Photography & Editing

Name: Renee Michelle Photography & Editing
Address: Dekalb, IL, 60115, US
Telephone: +16308356177

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Renee Michelle Photography & Editing

A place to showcase my ART.

06/25/2026

Beyond the shutter.
Crafting cinematic fiction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Dekalb, IL
60115

Telephone

+16308356177

Website

http://reneemichellephotography.com/

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