A few Photoshop lessons can get you a long way..

I've been watching PhotoshopTV for quite some time now and I have been developing a greater respect and a wider variety of knowledge about Adobe's flagship product.
I recently bought a book on photo restoration by Katrin Eismann called "Photoshop Restoration and Retouching".
So after some reading I decided to put my knowledge to the test and here are my first results.