Could someone give me a few tips on using Adobe Photoshop to mod images of a single person? I'm not talking about how to improve the features of the person, but to create something unique out of the picture itself. For example, what I was mainly thinking about was how to change an image of a person (somewhat at a far distance) to making it look like a shadow, or just anything unique. Thanks.

Do you have an image that you could use as an example. Its often easy to learn by copying effects that you see in other images.

use the filters that come with photoshop and experiment. you can do countless things to an image with the filters.

I learned most of what I know about Photoshop through visiting Borders and B&N and flipping through their books. If you have an older version, you might find used books on that version for cheap.