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From your comments, it sounds like u realize that the desaturated, low contrast, yellow cast is/was very popular in pro engagement photography.  In fact, "looks" like this were so popular that a minor cottage industry sprung up selling photoshop "actions" to generate that, and similar looks.  Unfortunately, I'm still a couple of hundred miles away from my photoshop computer, otherwise I could give you some direct links to the developers of relevant actions, some free, others not.  However, just go to Google Images and search for "photoshop actions engagement", and you will likely find some u like.

That being said, Paul gave u a good do-it-yourself method, and there are many other DIY approaches that can be used to get similar "looks".  However, no matter what approach u are considering, DIY or a canned action, you will almost always have to adjust the method (using native PS tools) based on the content of the specific image you want to apply it to.  In fact, often the adjustments needed to make a canned "action" do what u want are so extensive that you probably should have just done it yourself from scratch in the first place. LOL.

Now that I think of it, the reason you may not have received satisfactory responses from photographers you asked might be because they are using a commercial "action" and simply have never looked under the hood to see how it actually works.

HTH,

TomM