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Load the picture that you will be working with and open the Layer Palette so that you can work with layers.

Right click on the original layer and select Duplicate Layer.

Lighten the layer quite a bit, preferable using a Levels Adjustment Layer. This will allow you to season the final result to your taste.

Select the newly created Background Layer and then Filter/Blur/Gaussian Blur.  The blur amount to apply is a matter of taste.  Try 25 pixels as a place to start.

Make sure that Opacity is set to 100% and then select Multiply from the slider box next to it.

If you've used an Adjustment Layer you can now double click on it and adjust the balance between the layers.