The use of Photoshop with my draft photographs

I use this technique to help make the photograph look much more sharper and crisper.
I did this by going to filter>other>high pass then put in the level of sharpness you want. I tend to go for something around 2.5 because you don't want the image to look overly sharp.

 Here are the layers for the image used above.

 Before and after editing on photoshop, here I have made the image black and white for a more serious look and added a contrast and brightness layer.

I also use this tool sometimes to help make the skin tone on the models used look more even which in turn makes it easier to add layers and contrasting the image making it look more professional.