(shadows) How to?

Hi all,
I've recently done a studio shoot at someones home, unfortunately I wasn't able to use the best lighting, so a couple of my pictures have some very close shadows.
I'm guessing Photoshop would be the best software to get rid of these, if so, what are the best tools to use?

Here's an example -

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When you said close shadows I was thinking close as in very dark and close to black.

Looking at the example however, I don't see any shadows that are "close" to being pure black. What exactly do you want to do?

Every week I shoot pictures of speakers at a club meeting. The conditions are terrible, there's usually something on the wall or a table behind the person, and I often can't use bounce flash because of the position or distance, so I end up with worse shadows than this. My photos are just going into a pdf newsletter on our web site, but I still like them to look as good as possible.

The way I get rid of this type of shadow (using Photoshop Elements) is to select the subject (person), refine the selection as needed, then invert the selection. Then I use the Clone Stamp tool to clone in a well-lit part of the background into the shadow area. By doing the selection first I don't have to struggle with keeping what I'm cloning from spilling over onto the subject.

This also works well to get rid of coffee pots, fire extinguishers, thermostats, etc.!

All the ways to mask in PS:
A Comprehensive Introduction to Photoshop Selection Techniques - Psdtuts+ is excellent!

Luminosity Masks

A more complex method where you have trees or hair in the image...
Russell Brown Tips & Techniques: Advanced Masking
The advanced tut video: http://av.adobe.com/ru​ssellbrown/ExtractSM.m​ov

The improved Refine Edges tool in CS5: PS help with combining multiple images ...

As long as you're going to the trouble to eliminate the shadows, I'd get rid of her leg too.
Its a distracting element, especially since its the same tonal value as her face.

PhotosGuy - This is great, just what I'm looking for, Thanks.

dmward - thanks for the feedback.

Rule 1 on shadows: Prevention: Shoot with your subject standing farther away from a back wall or background...it may need to be 4-6' behind them!
Rule 2 on shadows: Prevention: Position your lights so that shadows fall downward and out of the sight of the lens.
Rule 3 on shadows: Soften: use a larger light source.
Rule 4 on shadows: Elimination: You CANNOT 'get rid of' shadows by placing another light source; it merely deceases the shadow density (less contrasty)

Once you have shadows in the photo, your only real remedy is a lot of time consuming masking to eliminate the shadows