Josey Hallanger Photography

10/16/2026

A little mud on the tires to keep October exciting. Or a little lake…and then dirt…and then mud! Can’t wait to post more of these as Mikkol was game for as much off road driving as we could get in while there was still light. This was a fun one! Thanks Jill Yost, I love when my seniors are so polite they help me set up, take down, and carry ALL the lights and gear!

10/11/2026

It’s been senior season to the max finishing up photo shoots and getting those yearbook photos ready to go! We are also rounding out our fall sports season with state Mountain Biking this weekend - more cross country and swim to come! We have lots of photographers covering sports here in Bemidji so I tend to stick with the above, however I have been known to deviate to follow a senior or when asked very nicely. Here’s a few senior sneaks you may or may not have caught yet this year.
This isn’t the full round up of the class of ‘27 and I sure want to make sure they each get their own post- but…well, to be honest I forget to post all the places and I wanted to make sure these were shared over here as well!

09/15/2026

It’s the busiest of seasons between senior shoots and my favorite sports to capture- cross country, mountain biking- and wait what did I hear? I’ll be at a girls swim meet soon;) let’s enjoy the weather while we have it! I already see the leaves becoming lovelier by the day.

These Bemidji Mountain bikers are amazing- do you know they have a race every weekend this month? Wild.

08/31/2026

Brave Like Gabe cross meet in Perham always starts the season with the best vibes! Gabe is such an inspiration and this meet always gives me all the feels- this year was no exception. I got to see some of my seniors in action and got to watch my own kiddo cheering for his team as he had been out of vacation as well! Way to go Jacks- it’s going to be an epic year!

08/25/2026

Side tangent post- I’m in Alaska this week and, while
I’m not a wildlife photographer or a landscape one (particularly the landscapes- true amazing respect for people who do stunning landscape work) but thankfully this adolescent (probably around 4-5 years old) bear made this like shooting a youth soccer game, albeit with armed guides with me. 😂 if any bear mamas are looking for senior photos I will happily be there.

07/22/2026

These dancers jumped straight to the top of my backlog — the depth and dedication in this program keeps growing in ways that genuinely amaze me. Between the dancers and their incredible team of instructors, the work put in was undeniable — their last performance was moment after moment of brilliance and pure fun. I’m on the edge of my seat (or holding a 2-minute plank 😅) waiting to see what next season brings! I had too many photos for just an instagram post and needed to make this a 2 parter. You ladies amaze me! (And gentleman, but I think this post is all girls!

07/15/2026

Senior session number one is in the books for Jacobi! It was a HOT day and I was more than happy when I ended up in the lake to get her paddleboarding shots at the end! I’m sharing different sneaks here than on instagram so if you don’t follow me over there this is your notice to RUN (joseykayphoto) since I am- well, I’m often negligent at posting all the places but you can see lots as I often remember to post at least one of the places!

Jacobi was my first senior of 2027 and booked last fall, I was overjoyed then as I am now since I am having SO much trouble narrowing this session down to a reasonable amount of photos! What is that number? I’m also bad at being reasonable. Jacobi, I can’t wait to snap more of you over the year, thank you so much for trusting me with your senior memories!

07/03/2026

07/03/2026

I heard they have a perfectly adequate photographer at this thing 😂 BUT, this truly is such a fun group, so relaxed and so supportive of helping everyone do their best. Come check it out!