Family photoshoot with DC cherry blossoms disrupted by photobomber: Barack Obama
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the ages of the children.
A Virginia family's cherry blossoms photoshoot in Washington D.C. didn't go as planned after a bystander walked into a frame meant only to include their two toddlers.
However, Falls Church resident Portia Moore had no complaints as the photobomber in question was former President Barack Obama.
Dedicating her full attention to the photoshoot at 7 a.m. Monday morning, Moore said she did not notice the 44th president passing by until her husband pointed him out.
"Once their shoot is all done I was like, 'Jamie, what did you say?' He was like 'That's President Obama over there,' and I was like 'Oh my goodness,'" Moore told USA TODAY Wednesday. "I was like, 'You should've grabbed me and made more of a big deal about it.'"
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Briana Inell, the photographer hired by the family, captured images of Obama from about 20 to 30 feet away as he walked around the Tidal Basin tourist area. Soon after, Inell looked through their photographs and noticed the Democrat casually walking right by Moore's 20-month-old son, Preston, and four-year-old daughter, Belle.
Inell said the image will sit right at the center of a six-by-two grid framed at their home in Falls Church, about 10 miles from D.C.
Photographer also didn't notice Obama photobomb
Inell, who has previously worked with the family, said she failed to notice Obama's photobombing as the Tidal Basin area is typically so packed during tourist season. It wasn't until she heard Moore's grandparents point him out that she spotted him along with several Secret Service agents.
After several years as a DC-based photographer, she finally got to cross photographing a former president off her bucket list.
"I've always wanted to see Obama, and I am so shocked and surprised that it actually happened to me," Inell said.
Obama himself posted on Instagram Monday to show off his own photos of the D.C. cherry blossoms, which typically bloom between March and April.
"It’s fun to be able to play tourist once in a while. The cherry blossoms were beautiful this morning!" he wrote.
Obama even responded to the photobomb on Instagram, commenting under Inell's post: "Preston and Belle, I hope you enjoyed peak bloom! My bad for stepping into the shot."
(This story was updated to correct an inaccuracy.)
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Barack Obama photobombs family photoshoot with DC cherry blossoms
