“Dodge and Burn with Curves” by Jeff of PhotoWalkPro is a step-by-step guide to selectively dodging and burning areas of a photograph with a curves adjustment layer in Photoshop.
Dodging and burning is a term that refers to manipulating the exposure of a certain area inside a photograph — dodging makes the area lighter and burning makes it darker. Jeff performs this selective adjustment by adding a curves adjustment layer, changing the blend mode, adding a mask over the entire frame and then painting the areas for which he wishes to adjust the exposure.