Culling through a year’s worth of images is always a very humbling experience. It’s an interesting exercise because it always gives me a good overall perspective of what I’ve done – or haven’t done – with my year. The year 2015 marked a move away from photojournalism work to more commercial, marketing and event photography. I still did a fair amount of photojournalism freelance work, but the bulk of my day-to-day shooting was not photojournalism for the first time. Interestingly, I processed more “selects” in 2015 (7,876) than I did in any single year while I was a full-time staff photographer. So while it sometimes felt like I wasn’t shooting as much this year, I actually was. Below are my 10 favorite moments of 2015. Thanks for looking, and I wish everyone a great New Year.
![J Thomas Forbes, executive director of the Indiana University Alumni Association, waits at the start/finish line before driving the pace vehicle for the Women's Little 500 on Friday, April 24, 2015, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. (James Brosher/IU Communications)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0041.jpg)
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to a group of School of Global and International Studies students on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at the school on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Secretary Kerry's visit coincides with the dedication of the university's state-of-the-art, 165,000-square-foot Global and International Studies Building, which opened in August. Kerry is the first sitting secretary of state to visit IU in 20 years. (James Brosher/IU Communications)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0092.jpg)
![Kappa Alpha Theta fans swarm their riders after the team won the Women's Little 500 on Friday, April 24, 2015, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. (James Brosher/IU Communications)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0043.jpg)
![A graduate smiles as she walks in the processional during IU Kokomo Commencement on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Ivy Tech in Kokomo. (James Brosher/IU Communications)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0052.jpg)
![George Hegeman, an IU Professor Emeritus of Biology, leads Aurora Webeck, 7, to a beehive as he teaches her and other children, not pictured, about bees on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at the Hilltop Garden and Nature Center. (James Brosher/IU Communications)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0058.jpg)
![Party goers watch as a synchronized fireworks show in a backyard during the Annual Cruise on Land Summer Party on Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by James Brosher)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0076.jpg)
![Elisa Krebs, a First Year Experiences student staffer, shares a smile during Traditions and Spirit of IU on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Memorial Stadium. (James Brosher/IU Communications)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0082.jpg)
![Mount Vesuvius is seen across the Gulf of Naples in the evening from Sorrento, Italy on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (Photo by James Brosher)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0087.jpg)
![Barbara Brosher poses for a photo on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, near Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by James Brosher)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0093.jpg)
![Leon Bridges performs on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at The Bluebird Nightclub in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by James Brosher)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brosher-poy2015_0099.jpg)
Dolphus says
Great stuff and fun to view. Happy New Year, James!!