So I don’t get to do it all that often, but one of my photographic passions is portraiture. So I try to do it when the mood strikes and the opportunity is available. I have been itching to do some more heavily composed group shots and when my husband and our friend Mike were gathering to go on a road trip I saw the perfect opportunity to set up a quick portrait shoot.

![_-16.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmX7E68ay9QXUm8y3tmVvivedv7ueJAdJs1DdN19oKPsx4/_-16.jpg)

I put this together really quick, and we had a trip to start so I did not want to move furniture around nor did I have time to set up a fill light so, I just worked with available light. Since I am in the photo this also involved some about of jumping over the couch and getting in place, remote triggering and more acrobatics to get back to check the shot.

Unlike my friend @kommienezuspadt, I am not great at is color grading, but I wanted to give this shot a bit more of a “cinematic” tone. So I gave color grading a go, in the very least it is good practice.

Cheers,
@kellyjanderson