James Brosher Photography

Portfolio website for James Brosher, a Bloomington, Indiana based editorial and wedding photographer specializing in action, documentary, and portrait images.

Portraits

Darin Dahms in “The Player King”

I recently shot a portrait of Darin Dahms for an advance the Tribune ran on his play, “The Player King.” The production is a one-man play written, directed and performed by Dahms about Edwin Booth, the brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. I used a pretty simple lighting setup: one Canon 580 EX fired through a shoot-through umbrella at about 1/32 power. Dialing the power down this low allowed me to mix in the ambient from the theater’s house lights. Since it was a one-man play I wanted to show Dahms alone on the stage in front of the theater’s seats. After the portrait, I shot a quick video interview with Dahms explaining the play.

Darin Dahms poses for a portrait dressed as Edwin Booth, the brother of assassin John Wilkes Booth, on Monday, March 19, 2012, on the stage at the Battell Center's auditorium in Mishawaka. Dahms is set to perform in "The Player King," a one-man play inspired by the lives of Edwin Booth, Junius Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Following the Lincoln assassination, Edwin Booth is forced to leave the stage and questions whether he will ever be able to return. The play will be performed one night only at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 23. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Darin Dahms poses for a portrait dressed as Edwin Booth, the brother of assassin John Wilkes Booth, on Monday, March 19, 2012, on the stage at the Battell Center's auditorium in Mishawaka. Dahms is set to perform in "The Player King," a one-man play inspired by the lives of Edwin Booth, Junius Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Following the Lincoln assassination, Edwin Booth is forced to leave the stage and questions whether he will ever be able to return. The play will be performed one night only at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 23. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Darin Dahms rehearses a scene from "The Player King," on Monday, March 19, 2012, on the stage at the Battell Center's auditorium in Mishawaka. The one-man play inspired by the lives of Edwin Booth, Junius Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Following the Lincoln assassination, Edwin Booth is forced to leave the stage and questions whether he will ever be able to return. The play will be performed one night only at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 23. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Darin Dahms rehearses a scene from "The Player King," on Monday, March 19, 2012, on the stage at the Battell Center's auditorium in Mishawaka. The one-man play inspired by the lives of Edwin Booth, Junius Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Following the Lincoln assassination, Edwin Booth is forced to leave the stage and questions whether he will ever be able to return. The play will be performed one night only at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 23. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Bertrand survivor Tina Tabler

This is a portrait I shot for the Tribune as part of a series of stories marking the tenth anniversary of the Bertrand Products shootings. Tina Tabler narrowly escaped death when she was shot twice by a co-worker on a shooting spree at the factory in 2002. William Lockey, a 54-year-old shipping clerk, killed four and critically injured Tabler and another co-worker.

Tina Tabler sits for a portrait on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at her South Bend home. Tabler was shot twice, but narrowly escaped death at the the Bertrand Products shootings ten years ago. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Tina Tabler sits for a portrait on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at her South Bend home. Tabler was shot twice, but narrowly escaped death at the the Bertrand Products shootings ten years ago. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Wyoming basketball media day

At the Wyoming basketball media day I ended up doing a little series of portraits of several players and coaches. I hadn’t expected to shoot portraits going in so I ended up settling on a very quick and simple setup using a couple Canon speedlights in a tunnel leading down to the court at the Arena Auditorium. I did several variations of the same pose and lighting setup so to post them all would be very repetitive. Here are my two favorites:

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Wyoming men's basketball Larry Shyatt
Wyoming men's basketball coach Larry Shyatt
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Wyoming women's basketball guard Chelan Landry
Wyoming women's basketball guard Chelan Landry
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