For­mer Pres­i­dent Oba­ma pho­to­bombs chil­dren tak­ing cher­ry blos­soms pics in Wash­ing­ton

A Vir­ginia fam­i­ly in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., got an image for the ages when for­mer Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma acci­den­tal­ly pho­to­bombed a shot of their two chil­dren next to the area’s trea­sured cher­ry blos­som trees, prompt­ing the for­mer com­man­der-in-chief to apol­o­gize on social media. 

Oba­ma was seen acci­den­tal­ly strolling into the back­ground of a pro­fes­sion­al pho­to­graph of Belle, 4, and Pre­ston, 1, at the Tidal Basin on Mon­day, the New York Post report­ed. 

“Pre­ston and Belle, hope you enjoyed peak bloom,” Oba­ma wrote on Insta­gram. “My bad for step­ping into the shot.”

Mil­lions of tourists from all over flock to the nation’s cap­i­tal each spring to catch a glimpse of the blos­som trees.

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The pho­to shows the pair of chil­dren smil­ing under a branch with pret­ty pink petals with the Wash­ing­ton Mon­u­ment in the back­ground. Oba­ma is shown walk­ing behind the pair while wear­ing a cap and sun­glass­es, with his hands in his pock­ets.

The chil­dren had just fin­ished pos­ing with their par­ents, Por­tia Moore and Damien Thomas, when their dad noticed Oba­ma mak­ing the unex­pect­ed cameo, Moore wrote on Insta­gram.

“Look who strolled by in our pic­ture for our fam­i­ly Cher­ry Blos­som pho­to shoot!” she wrote. 

“Sto­ry time! It’s the kids turn to take a pho­to togeth­er and Damien is say­ing some­thing to me,” she added. “I’m just focused on Pre­ston not run­ning towards the water (peak mom moment). After that shoot was done I pick Pre­ston up and asked Damien ‘what were you say­ing’? He goes ‘that was Pres­i­dent Oba­ma who just walked by’ and looks his direc­tion. I was like whaaaaat?! I ran to the pho­tog­ra­ph­er and asked her if she got the pic­ture. She scrolls through and BOOM there is it! The per­fect shot!”

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Pho­tog­ra­ph­er Bri­ana Inell, who was tak­ing pic­tures of Moore’s young chil­dren, told the Wash­ing­ton Post that she’s been pho­tograph­ing fam­i­lies and new­borns for over a decade. 

She said she’s used to peo­ple walk­ing in the back­ground, most­ly tourists. 

“I go to the Tidal Basin every sin­gle year,” Inell said. “I’m very used to peo­ple walk­ing in on my pic­tures. I tell my clients ‘don’t wor­ry they will be Pho­to­shopped out.’ ”

In addi­tion to his apol­o­gy, Oba­ma also post­ed about the day on his own Insta­gram account. 

“It’s fun to be able to play tourist once in a while. The cher­ry blos­soms were beau­ti­ful this morn­ing!” he wrote.