First off, you need to expose more for the subject! It seems like in the conditions given, either way you will have no chance of saving the highlights, because there is too much of a difference between skies and the model.
If you underexpose in camera, bring it back in post using curves, or other tools like shadows recovery.
I also have some notes on color.
When color grading, I like to focus on different color harmony rules that will ensure my color compliment each other.
Here is a great tool from adobe to start experimenting on color, learning all the different color
harmony rules and it's super easy and helpful to understand in which direction you can manipulate your color to get great results.
Took a couple screenshots from your video and pin pointed them on the Color Warper to see what needs to be addressed.
If you start analyzing the color present in the scene, you'll notice most colors are situated in the Red Magenta spectrum and there are no harmony rules followed, which might cause a lack of color contrast. that will make the footage less interesting because the colors present in the scene don't help each other shine.
The shadows are over saturated with reds, skin tones are very deep, they need to be lighten up, greens are olive and the highlights are magenta. All these colors together don't compliment each other.
To fix this, check the colors present in your raw footage, choose one Color harmony rule to use as a guide on this footage, and work with it. I believe the easiest in this case would be the complementary color.
Which basically says opposite colors work well together, for example Teal n Orange.
You already have most of your colors in the red spectrum so basically just fix the blues.
As a quick fix I would shift the blues towards teal, calibrate the shadows by adding some blue or teal, and finally shift the highlight color either towards blue or towards magenta red.
This should calibrate the colors nicely, while still keeping the same kind of look you wanted.
I made a quick grade of how I would've graded the footage with a couple extra steps, maybe this helps with a different creative direction.
Now the colors are closer in a straight line, Giving us more of an Teal n Orange look, but with a colder feeling.
There are pretty much unlimited directions you can go for when color grading your footage, and I have only presented some ideas which hopefully helped you understand color in a easier way.
This is amazing feedback! May I know what is the alternative of Color Warper in Premiere Pro? I'm struggling with EvPro+ grading, I'm using Premiere Pro to color grade.
Congrats on your purchase!
First off, you need to expose more for the subject! It seems like in the conditions given, either way you will have no chance of saving the highlights, because there is too much of a difference between skies and the model.
If you underexpose in camera, bring it back in post using curves, or other tools like shadows recovery.
I also have some notes on color.
When color grading, I like to focus on different color harmony rules that will ensure my color compliment each other.
Here is a great tool from adobe to start experimenting on color, learning all the different color
harmony rules and it's super easy and helpful to understand in which direction you can manipulate your color to get great results.
https://color.adobe.com/
Took a couple screenshots from your video and pin pointed them on the Color Warper to see what needs to be addressed.
If you start analyzing the color present in the scene, you'll notice most colors are situated in the Red Magenta spectrum and there are no harmony rules followed, which might cause a lack of color contrast. that will make the footage less interesting because the colors present in the scene don't help each other shine.
The shadows are over saturated with reds, skin tones are very deep, they need to be lighten up, greens are olive and the highlights are magenta. All these colors together don't compliment each other.
To fix this, check the colors present in your raw footage, choose one Color harmony rule to use as a guide on this footage, and work with it. I believe the easiest in this case would be the complementary color.
Which basically says opposite colors work well together, for example Teal n Orange.
You already have most of your colors in the red spectrum so basically just fix the blues.
As a quick fix I would shift the blues towards teal, calibrate the shadows by adding some blue or teal, and finally shift the highlight color either towards blue or towards magenta red.
This should calibrate the colors nicely, while still keeping the same kind of look you wanted.
I made a quick grade of how I would've graded the footage with a couple extra steps, maybe this helps with a different creative direction.
Now the colors are closer in a straight line, Giving us more of an Teal n Orange look, but with a colder feeling.
There are pretty much unlimited directions you can go for when color grading your footage, and I have only presented some ideas which hopefully helped you understand color in a easier way.