Ellen Michaels

Ellen Michaels

Wildlife Photographer & Model

Welcome to the Official Ellen Michaels Website. I am a wildlife and nature photographer specializing in photos of the birds, butterflies, and insects of Central Park in New York City. When you click here you will see photos of Pale Male, the famous NYC red-tailed hawk and photos of Central Park birds, including warblers, ducks, owls, egrets, hummingbirds,  woodpeckers and more.

You will also see photos of some of the modeling jobs that I've done as well as many of the romance and historical novels that I posed for.
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
 

There are over nine hundred images in my Nature & Wildlife Galleries. If you would like to license images for any of your publications, my email address is EllenMichaels@ymail.com.
Mallard Duck
Mallard Duck
Prairie Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
     
Turkey Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red Admiral Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Pipevine Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail
     
Spotted Beet Webworm Moth
Spotted Beet Webworm Moth
Green Cone-headed Planthopper - Acanalonia conica
Green Cone-headed Planthopper
Great Black Wasp
Great Black Wasp
 
Yellow Daffodil - Narcissus
Yellow Daffodil
Blue Flag Iris - Iris versicolor
Blue Flag Iris
Bleeding Heart Flower - Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Asian Bleeding Heart
     
     
I am a former model who appeared on magazine covers, book covers, romance novels, and album covers (most notably as the iconic Salsoul Orchestra Model and Cover Girl). I have also appeared in national advertising campaigns, catalogs, and television commercials.
This is the historic Salsoul Orchestra poster that I posed for during my modeling career.  
 
Ellen Michaels On Salsoul Orchestra Poster
Salsoul Orchestra Poster
 
These are a few of the Salsoul Orchestra CDs that I am on the cover of. 
The Salsoul Orchestra Chrismas Jollies CD Autographed
Salsoul Orchestra Christmas CD
The Original Salsoul Classics CD
Salsoul Classics CD
The Original Salsoul Classics 2 CD
Salsoul Classics 2 CD
 
  Here are a couple of my featured magazine covers.
Esquire Magazine
Argosy Magazine
 
 Here are a few of the national advertising campaigns I modeled for.
Ellen Michaels in ad for Ronrico Rum
Ronrico Rum
Ellen Michaels in ad for Diet Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Ellen Michaels in a national ad for Volkswagen Roka.
Volkswagen Roka
 
Here is a book cover that I am on.
 
Provenance
 
 
 These are some of the romance novel book covers I have posed for. 
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Homeward Winds The River.
Homeward Winds The River
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of River Run.
River Run
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Passion's Pride.
Passion's Pride
 
Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Deep Purple by Parris Afton Bonds
Deep Purple
Ellen Michaels is on the cover of The Spring of the Tiger.
The Spring of the Tiger
Ellen Michaels is on the cover of River Witch by Felicia Andrews.
River Witch
 
Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Delta Blood by Barbara Ferry Johnson.
Delta Blood
Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Lord of the Horizon byJoan Grant.
Lord of the Horizon
Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Nicole Labelle by Cordia Byers.
Nicole LaBelle
 
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Race the Wind by Noreen Brownlie.
Race the Wind
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge.
Child of the Morning
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Love, Cherish Me by Rebecca Brandewyne.
Love, Cherish Me
 
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Broken Promises by Jillian Roth.
Broken Promises
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Lover's Quarrels byJoan Smith.
Lovers' Quarrels
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Moon Witch by Felicia Andrews.
Moon Witch
 
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Wild Southern Rose.
Wild Southern Rose
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of The Fallon Blood.
The Fallon Blood
Romance cover model Ellen Michaels is on the cover of Riviera.
Riviera
 
Ellen Michaels on the romance novel book cover Shadow Of The Moon
Shadow Of The Moon
Fire Of The Andes
For Love Of A Pirate
     
Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Dream's On Me A Love Story by Dotson Rader
The Dream's On Me A Love Story
Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Tender Fire by Patricia Campbell Horton
Tender Fire
Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Longarm And The Mounties by Tabor Evans
Longarm And The Mounties

If you would like to license any of my nature or wildlife images for your magazines, books, websites, calendars, or ads, you can email me at EllenMichaels@ymail.com.

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