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2014 Pictures of the Year

Editing this post each year is usually a very humbling experience, but this year it was also bittersweet. In July, I left my newspaper staff photographer job to move to Bloomington with my fiancée. As I looked through hundreds of images from South Bend, I was reminded of all the special people and places I experienced and had the opportunity to photograph over the past couple years. It took me a while to adjust during the transition from a staff position, but I was ultimately able to refresh my personal vision. I now feel as though I’m shooting and seeing in a more careful and deliberate way. I’m looking forward to carrying this momentum into 2015. Below are my 15 favorite moments of 2014. Thanks for looking, and I wish everyone a great New Year.

James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Taylor Lizzi, a 10-year 4-H member from Bremen, reacts as a bucket of cold water is dumped over his head during a water fight in the dairy beef club’s wash stalls during the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair on Friday, July 4, 2014, in South Bend. Several club members took part in the water fight, marking an unofficial end to 4-H competition at this year’s fair. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Dressed as a police officer Carter Tripp, 2, takes a seat at the feet of his father, Elkhart police Cpl. Jason Tripp, during a resolution honoring Tripp and Cody Skipper for their part in ending an active shooter situation at a Elkhart Martin’s Super Market on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at the Indiana State Capitol in Indianapolis. Tripp and Skipper shot and killed gunman Shawn Walter Bair on Jan. 15, ending a rampage that left Krystle Dikes, 20, and Rachelle Godfread, 44, dead at the Martin’s on East Bristol Street in Elkhart. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Morning light illuminates steam rising from the St. Joseph River near “The Keepers of the Fire” sculpture on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in downtown South Bend. Late Sunday the City of South Bend and the St. Joseph County Emergency Management Agency issued a Disaster Emergency Declaration effective through Tuesday, Jan. 7 because of snow and bitterly cold temperatures from the “Polar Vortex.” (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Tangerine, a Catalina Macaw, lunges from his owner, Allan Annis, at an unassuming South Bend Tribune photographer on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Granger. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
A man smokes a cigarette on his porch after a fire at a neighboring home on Monday, April 28, 2014, in the 1600 block of North Brookfield Street in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Lake Central’s Tyler Ross (25) reacts after a 57-55 win against Penn in a high school boy’s basketball regional championship game on Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Michigan City, Ind. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Travis Debaillie, center, holds hands with family members and friends as he listens to a prayer for his late nephew, John Swoveland Jr., on Thursday, April 10, 2014, along Campeau Street in South Bend. Police said investigators believe Swoveland, 2, was shot dead by a stray bullet during a gunfight between two rival groups as the toddler played at his aunt’s home on Wednesday afternoon. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Josh Martinez, left, wearing a Steve block head from the Minecraft video game, reacts after scoring in a game of corn hole with Aaron Smith, dressed as a Creeper character from the same game, during the Family Fun Festival on Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Niles. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Fireworks explode over the St. Joseph River during Meet Me on the Island on Thursday, July 3, 2014, in downtown South Bend. The event launched the Fourth of July holiday weekend in downtown South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
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James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Lillian Lewis, 75, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the First Congregational Church in Three Oaks, Mich. Lewis will be ordained by the Roman Catholic Womenpriests group in the face of a threat of automatic excommunication from Bishop Paul Bradley of the Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
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James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Jessica Sosa dances with her father during her wedding on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2014, in Aurora, Indiana. (Photo by James Brosher)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
A dealer flips cards during a casino-themed grand opening for the Hyatt Place hotel in downtown Bloomington, Ind. on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (Photo by James Brosher)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Minnesota’s Kate Bucknam (312) and Baylor’s Madison Zimmerman help Zimmerman’s teammate, Anna Dunlap Marie (31), across the final few meters of the women’s race during the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014. (James Brosher, Special to the Denver Post)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Museum owner Paul Thomas, 90, stands for a portrait on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at the Time Was Museum in Elkhart. “It’s run on federal money – my Social Security – so I can do what I want,” he joked. The museum is spread across two former seven-room apartments on the second story of a retail building in the city’s downtown. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
James Brosher 2014 Year in Pictures
Graduates and audience members are seen highlighted by spotlights in the seats during Winter Commencement Exercises at Assembly Hall on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. (James Brosher/IU Communications)

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