Senior Portrait :: Before and After

In Lightroom:

Warmed it up about 1k

Raised the fill light from 0 to 30

Bumped the exposure .14

Dropped the blacks from 5 to 0

Applied Totally Rad Preset: Boogie Nights | Strong

Dropped the clarity some (from what was applied by the preset)

Now the picture is a little washed out overall. So, time for some graduated filters:

1) on the bottom to about 4/5 up the frame lowered the exposure .58 and raised the contrast 90

2) on the top-left to just over the subject's face lowered exposure 2 stops and raised contrast to 100

3) on the top right corner to just beyond the subject's head dropped the exposure 1.5 stops and raised contrast to 100

 

In Photoshop:

Removed any skin blemishes or suit fuzz I could find

Ran Calvinize (from Calvin Hollywood) at 50%

Ran Totally Rad Actions Shadow Separator at 48% and masked out the left and right sides of the frame to effectively run the shadow separator on just the subject.

Ran a details enhancement action (picked up from Calvin Hollywood) selectively on the subject at varrying opacities

Ran Totally Rad Actions and lightened parts of the face and any highlights on the suit jacket and pants to give them a little more depth.

Done