In Lightroom i firstly turn my images to black and white then i play around with the contrast and shadows to increase depth and a dramatic look, i also play around with the blacks and the whites to further increase contrast.

When regarding exposure i like to try keep it well exposed as in past projects i have lowered the exposure too much which results in images that are hard to look at.

Here is an example of how i have edited the images…

here are some examples of my edits…