Brighten Portion of Image?

[denzjos]

@ tspence, my meaning is that the photo is a little under exposed. I think the photo should look more natural if the whole photo is lightened up instead of the face alone. It is a piece of cake to do this (one of the possibilities) : just copy the layer and set the layer mode from the copied layer to 'screen'. Then use the opacity slider to become the result you like.