My turn for a "How To Get This Look" thread.  Here is the photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elreyfoto/12420208383/

The camera part is basically explained on the Flickr page itself, and I would argue it is a critical part of this 'look' (shallow DOF).

The post is most likely Portaiture + one of the commercial "look" systems for coloration (based on his portfolio, probably one of the film sets ala Exposure).  The former can of course be done manually and the latter with any number of curve, selective color, or LR/ACR presets.

You can also message the photographer and ask him:
https://www.facebook.com/rey.mangoutanovikof

Wow, those reply's were helpful.....not.
If you can do the photo work I can do the image editing. Looks to me like most of the work has been done on the models face only, compare with the hands to see what I mean.

Let me know if I can help

SPIKE

This artist/photographer uses "strobist.com" techniques on locations...which means he takes flashes with him and mixes it with his ambient lighting to get enhanced lighting effects. 

In this image he says he used a flash softbox straight in front of the model... and slightly high.  So, getting great shots is sometimes procured by using great lighting techniques on location that others find too cumbersome, or difficult, or time consuming.  He also uses good looking models, wardrobe artistry, and makeup artistry to enhance the look of his subjects.

I noticed that he also has an f1.8 lens with him which is useful in getting that shallow depth of field look...so the subject stands out sharply... and all the other elements are slightly out of focus. 

I also noticed in this photographers portfolio... that he extensively uses the "blurred background look"...in most of his images.  Sometimes too much possibly.  I also noticed that he has soft focus backgrounds that look like they were created within Photoshop. 

Photoshop has a very good looking lens blur filter effect that looks very real!  The beautiful thing about this filter is that the focus is totally adjustable... in all places... and in all respects by the retoucher!  YOU create a B+W depth map in the lens blur filter dialogue to control where the blur occurs and by how much.  I like using a layer mask to create the different blur depths.  Using a layer mask... where ever you paint on the mask with black...that part of the image will be heavily lens blurred...paint on the mask with gray to get a shallower lens blur...leave it white...and your image is sharp in that area!  You can also adjust the threshold... or even invert it for the opposite effect. 

So it is possible to take any image and just selectively paint in beautiful lens blur where ever you want it...and however strong you want it. 

So, now its up to you to be an artist with the selective lens blur effect...and create great creatively enhanced images like your example.  He also used great sharpening on the face... to contrast with the deep lens blur...nice effect.  Nice model subject also.

Cheers