You can change image brightness using ModifyContrastBrightness method
of TImagingCanvas class. Usage is shown in LCL Imager demo.
{ Modifies image contrast and brightness. Parameters should be in range <-100; 100>.}
procedure ModifyContrastBrightness(Contrast, Brightness: Single);
Note: This is not yet part of offcial Imaging release, you must use Imaging's Subversion repository
to get this code.