Rosie and Al asked us to meet them on Sunday morning at St. Vital Park to shoot their engagement photos along the duck pond trail.

This is a special location for Rosie and Al, who went skating on the frozen pond for their first date.

We were fortunate to have booked this enagement shoot while the January weather here in Winnipeg was still so unusually mild. We enjoyed spending time with Rosie and Al, and look forward to shooting their wedding day this summer!

There has been a lot of buzz around our skating trail lately due to the anticipated event featuring The Warming Hut: an Exposition of Art and Architecture on Ice. The skating trail winds along the Forks Riverwalk and is a very popular gathering place for friends and families on warmer winter days.

My family and I live a walking distance of only 10 minutes away from the Forks Market and have made it a regular destination for both our running route, and for our weekend grocery run. However, because we don’t skate, we’ve never actually been down as far as the skating trail, so it was a real pleasure to meet Christine and Ryan there to shoot their engagement photos. This gorgeous couple wanted a fairly casual and fun photo shoot at a location outdoors where they could go skating, but also provided for some indoor spots for more warmer options. The Forks was perfect.