To edit this picture, I brought the shadows down, and then I brought up the contrast to 15 to make the hand stand out from the background. The, finally I brought up the white to 15 as well because when bringing up the contrast, the image also gets darker.
Original
Edited
For this image, I cropped it slightly to put more focus on the woman in the picture. Then I brought up the brightness to 50 to make the background match how bright the character looks in the image.