I found this website last night, I have been editing photos for a few years and have been self taught. However, that's not always a good thing. i'm pretty sure everything that I do is not the correct way. I know how to use the distort lighting (diffuse) but I do not know how to make the images look like these: Retouch Shoppe
I do not do this as a job therefore I will not be making any money off anything I learn. I have my own website however, I am not a model....I'm a drag racer. I want to be able to not only mess around with my promo shots but to make all of my racing shops look like magazine quality.
I would appreciate any tips. Like I said, I am not a complete rookie to photoshop, I do know the different tools and effects, I just don't know how to use all of them.

Thank You for your time


* I am using CS4 and have the full Adobe Master Collection