Working with a relaxed camera setup, her expressions add more personality to the frame. It gives the setup more personality without making it feel forced. For longtime fans, she has a way of keeping familiar material feeling fresh, and the result rarely feels generic. Without needing an elaborate setup, she consistently manages to keep the focus firmly on her, which helps explain her lasting popularity. Looking through Michelle Baker’s older material shows a balance between familiar qualities and different setups, which is useful in a catalog with so much material.