James Brosher Photography

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

Peoria Journal Star

Girl’s golf player of the year portrait

My main assignment today was a portrait of the paper’s girl’s golf player of the year. The golfer goes to school in Oneida, a town about a two hour drive from Peoria on the edge of the paper’s coverage area. Unfortunately, there isn’t a golf course nearby so the background was the main challenge. On our way into the town, the reporter spotted a sign near the town’s grain terminal that looked interesting. I wanted to show that she came from a rural community so I decided to use the area near the train tracks as the background to help illustrate this.

Iben Thuroe, a foreign exchange student from Odense, Denmark, finished tied for second in the Class 1A girl's golf tournament this year playing for Mid County as a student at ROWVA High School in Oneida. Thuroe, 18, is the Peoria Journal Star high school girl's golf player of the year.
Iben Thuroe, a foreign exchange student from Odense, Denmark, finished tied for second in the Class 1A girl's golf tournament this year playing for Mid County as a student at ROWVA High School in Oneida. Thuroe, 18, is the Peoria Journal Star high school girl's golf player of the year.

Bradley basketball scrimmage

Bradley's Dyricus Simms-Edwards tries to flip the ball to a teammate as Charonn Woods wrestles for the ball during the red and white scrimmage on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, at the Renaissance Coliseum.
Bradley's Dyricus Simms-Edwards tries to flip the ball to a teammate as Charonn Woods wrestles for the ball during the red and white scrimmage on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, at the Renaissance Coliseum.
A Bradley cheerleader runs a flag with a letter "B" onto the court before the women's basketball scrimmage on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, at Renaissance Coliseum.
A Bradley cheerleader runs a flag with a letter "B" onto the court before the women's basketball scrimmage on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, at Renaissance Coliseum.

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Hindu temple dancers

My primary assignment today was to photograph a troupe of blind dancers from the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind in India performing at the local Hindu temple. I wasn’t sure what to expect heading over there, but it turned into a pretty cool assignment. The temple’s alter is full of bright colors and the dancers wore colorful clothes, making for some colorful shots. The entire group of dancers are blind, which made it kind of amazing to see them pulling off the highly choreographed moves to perfection. I know I wouldn’t be able to do anything near what these guys could do.

A performer dances to a Bharatanatyam, a traditional and classical Indian dance, during a show on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, at the Hindu Temple of Central Illinois. The performer, who is blind, was performing with a troupe from the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind in India.
A performer dances to a Bharatanatyam, a traditional and classical Indian dance, during a show on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, at the Hindu Temple of Central Illinois. The performer, who is blind, was performing with a troupe from the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind in India.
Dancers from the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind in India perform for an audience on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, at the Hindu Temple of Central Illinois. The dancers performed to several styles of traditional Indian music.
Dancers from the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind in India perform for an audience on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, at the Hindu Temple of Central Illinois. The dancers performed to several styles of traditional Indian music.

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