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.I shoot a lot of moments people just want to forget, things we don't want to or shouldn't have to see. I've picked this as my favorite image of the year because it's simply a beautiful moment, a moment universal in it's appeal. Every kid has a memory like this from their childhood...something we all want to remember, and do. Jim Craig tightens the laces of his daughter Larianne's (8) skates while son Joshua (12) waits his turn. THe threesome was out early to get on the skating pond at St Vital Park Friday morning, enjoying a frosty foggy day off school. February 3, 2012 - (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press)