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And the lightning is just perfect. 
That's why the background is lighter (the room is darker). The part on the right is darker than the left background because I had a plant there, outside too, but in the shade and closer to me than the plants on the left ^^ I might have played around with a gradient layer and blending modes (you might want to experiment with "Layer - New Fill Layer" and blending modes "Soft Light" and "Screen"). Though, it's not always photoshop that makes the lighting what it is - keep that in mind Please don't misunderstand me, I do know that everything is not just edited! : D I really admire your work! 
I've been where you are now before. And I used to (and still think) that sometimes effects I can't achieve as yet are edits 
But it's just a general statement that you should pay more attention to how something could REALLY be achieved But the more you take photos, the more you discover ^^ Know your equipment - that is definitely useful. A 50mm f/1.8 is a waste if you don't know how to control the aperture yourself. But it's difficult to try figure out how she would have achieved something like that - I can only assume. Though there is definitely playing around with Gradient Layers and Blending Modes. Every photo cannot be edited the same way! (Why I personally don't like PS actions). Someone might make a tutorial of how they edited a particular photo, and you discover something new about photoshop (how I discovered the existence of Fill Layers), then try it out yourself and take it to another level. There's no hard fast rule. Though yes, photoshop is a jungle - possibilities are endless I've used so many other editing programs before PS because it is rather difficult to get at first - I've had it handy for years but only started using it less than a year ago. I once used it about 4 years ago for an eye edit, and I swear I never felt so lost in my life (if you want to laugh - I found it [link]) That's why I never went back to it again till last year, when I had some more knowledge of photo editing Even following a tutorial was useless... because I didn't understand it. For example, grab Brightness and Contrast and see what changes. Try Selective Colour (definitely one of my favorite tools) and play around with all the bars and see what you get. Eventually your brain starts to learn more about what you can achieve and slowly slowly you start going towards tools you know will work. That is the best advice I guess I can pass on I promise you will learn, but only after you've tried. It can make good photos better, not bad photos good. Thank you though, I appreciate that 
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