AVERAGE COST OF A PERSONAL TRAINER

That fireplace is really cool!!!

Hehehe at the "the walls and flooring ...are designed to endure the heavy activity..."

Caption reads:
An excellent place to unwind from daily tensions, this multipurpose room combines an excercise area, a study desk, and relaxation and entertainment facilities. The equipment for exercise in this room includes a ski trainer, an exercycle, barbells, and a firm mat. Large tatami mats that can spread out over the entire floor are stored away in a wall cabinet. The walls and flooring in this room are designed to endure the heavy activity associated with physical exercise. Wall padding also serves to protect the inhabitants from injury. The vinyl covering the walls, couch, both cots, and the stool cushion can withstand much abuse and resist staining. The sauna bath is conveniently close in the adjacent room, down three steps. The cot in the same room is equipped with an overhead sunlamp. The mat in the upper room serves as an exercise support and massage table. On the wall to the right of the couch, out of sight, a built-in cabinet contains a television set, movie projector, and other supplies for recreation. The movie screen is on the reverse side of the tufted vinyl panel over the couch, and can be flipped over on a pulley system when the screen is needed. For privacy, the window wall is partially covered on the outside by a basket-weave wooden fence. Ivy planted at the base will gradually cover the entire fence and add a touch of greenery.

The vinyl-topped desk serves as a writing area or serving counter when the room is used for entertainment. Every surface is washable and virtually indestructible. The contemporary fireplace and prefrabricated flue create a cozy atmosphere on winter evenings.

Repeating myself again :)
The same basic shot taken with the use of different coloured backgrounds.
These are A2 size sheets of art card, which have very good consistant colour and reflect light very well, though this does depend on colour.
For any of you in the UK, these are a pound a sheet from The Range discount store, though I think Hobbycraft also stock it.

For this exercise, it was a simple task to change the cards to vary the colours without disturbing anything else in the setup. So the lighting and subject positions stayed the same throughout. Just the background and the shutter speed on the camera being changed throughout.

The setup used can be seen in the pic below.

NOTE : This one is slightly different, as an additional small LED flashlight was shone onto the chunk of glass and this is what is giving it the blue hue.