Non Destructive Burning

There was a lot of debate about burning and dodging on Friday night. A better to do this is to use layers in photoshop which makes the result less harsh. This ideal for photos where there is a lot of contrast such as here where the burning reduced areas which were too bright.

First Crop and do levels in your photo
Go to LAYER > DUPLICATE LAYER > Click OK
Go to EDIT > FILL....... > Contents  50 % Gray > Click OK
Go to Layers Pallet (bottom right corner of screen)
Click NORMAL drop down button and select OVERLAY instead from the list
Now burn or dodge  midtones with a setting between 3 to 12
Go to LAYER > FLATTEN