Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

Choose Lighter from the Preset menu. The curve changes slightly. The difference between
the two curves is that a preset applies the same curve to every image, while Auto
customizes the curve after analyzing an individual image.

Click the Reset to Adjustment Defaults button ( ) at the bottom of the Properties panel to
revert back to the unadjusted image.

Select the on-image adjustment tool ( ) in the Curves panel, and then click the center of
the forehead and drag upwards. That brightens the image nicely, and also improves the
contrast.