First let’s start by going to image/adjustment/shadow&highlight and play with the settings until something acceptable comes up. Usually a very small number affecting the amount of dark pixels and a fair tonal amount will do the trick. Additional color correction (on the bottom of the dialog) and midtone contrast patch up a bit of this luminosity deformation.

Alrighty, let’s turn over to the curves dialog (ctrl+m for pcs, cmd+m for macs) and let’s tweak the contrast of the image. Firstly make a new curve for the RGB composite values as below:

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