Professional midget wrestler Tony “Teo” Elliott of Lake Station, Ind., leaves the field at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago after throwing out the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game against the Texas Rangers, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Elliott stars in the new Spike TV series Half Pint Brawlers.

With the start of the latest incarnation of my web site and this blog, I’m going to make a vow to be honest with all of you here, even if it puts me in a less-than-favorable light. So, here comes the first morsel of truth: I’d be lying if I said I looked forward to each and every photo assignment I do. I fantasize about a world where every assignment was like the favorites I’ve done, from following Willy the pyromaniac at Willy Works blowing stuff up next to his store around July 4th, to holding a camera above my head in a Stearman biplane shooting the pilot behind me doing loops over Lake Michigan.

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The new splash page here on guyrhodes.com embodies everything I envisioned for my new web site. Clean, simple lines along with a straightforward navigation interface – plus – a few of my favorite colors!

I can’t tell you how great it feels to kick off the first blog here on the completely redesigned guyrhodes.com. This web site has been a long time coming, and for the first time, I finally have a place in cyberspace that is truly representative of everything that I do. I invite you to take a peek at all the areas linked above if you haven’t already, from galleries which feature my favorite works from over eight years of lighting and photography, to video clips from some projects which were a lot of fun to produce! I hope that my site serves not only as a place to learn more about my work and myself, but as a fun destination online to enjoy yourself and be inspired to create your own works of art.

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