Okay, that's a serious studio shot, probably done with a large format (big film) camera with expensive lighting and a very long expposure time (throgh a very small aperture{lens opening}). If you're shooting with a digital camera, you're ahead of the game with white blalance and the ability to dump poor shots without paying to process them. I have what (today) would be considered a middl eof the road digital but with some really good optics (lens). I take my model pictures on my work desk with three incandescent lamps that I can move around to reduce shadows. Since I do a lot of figures, I can get up close and personal. I use a piece of remnant from a fabric shop as a backdrop. It's a light grey. I never shoot outdoors and try not to rely on the flash, since both create harsh shadows. Looking at that picture, it has a very diffused light source from the upper right, probably bounced from an umbrella and some less strong light from the camera. The exposure was probably pretty long on slow speed film with a very small opening in the lens to let light through.
So, what you should check out on your camera...Is here a "Macro" setting, a button with a littel flower icon? Can you adjust any settings? Use a tripod and set the aperture to the biggest number of the shutter speed as slow as possible. Worst case, use your zoom feature if you have one and back off from the model. Crop the model in the viewfinder and use the flash.
Hope this helps.