Photo Color Correction in Photoshop for Beginner Photographer

I recently updated my avatars and social profiles with some new photos of the 2011 Chris Spooner. The raw photo file is nothing special at all. Being a basic camera the white balance is completely off and the photo is overall too underexposed. I???m by no means a pro photographer, but the photos came out pretty well if I do say so myself! The key was all in the post processing and colour correction. Follow this step by step walkthrough of my editing process to see how I transformed my basic photos into bright and crisp profile shots using basic Photoshop adjustment layers like Levels, Color Balance, etc..