<p>Hi Stephen, </p>
<p>Thank you for responding. As mentioned, I'm going to be shooting Portra - i.e. colour negative. <br>
And no, nothing to complex to keep in mind. I am very familiar with metering and the things you are suggesting and, as mentioned, I do plan to bracket and run different tests. <br>
What I'm really looking for are photographers experiences shooting at box speed, and perhaps over and under - as well as metering different areas of shadow or light on skin or in the shadows/grey card to achieve the richest, deepest colours on the skin, with the most detail.<br>
To me, the link I sent does not have blown highlights as I can still see detail in practically all highlights. Maybe you mean the very small areas on the clothing but overall I think they're underexposed compared to what a normal "correct" exposure would look like. It also looks like you might just be referring to the first image on the page, so here's another one that might serve as a better example: http://wearesodroee.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/anna-ewers-by-alasdair-mclellan-for-vogue-uk-september-2015-9.jpg?w=1480&h=1968</p>