Former president Barack Obama said sorry for unintentionally photobombing what an overjoyed family claimed will now go down into their family heirloom. One Portia Moore posted the photo of her kids with Barack Obama passing by in the background. "Preston and Belle, I hope you enjoyed peak bloom! My bad for stepping into the shot," Barack Obama commented in the now viral photo.
The viral photo was part of Portia's family photo shoot for Cherry Blossom. "It’s the kids turn to take a photo together and Damien is saying something to me. 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!" Portia described how the photobombing unfolded.
"This story is one to remember and the picture is a family heirloom (literally). And nope, we did not bother him on his much needed peaceful stroll," the caption read.
Briana Inell, the photographer, told the New York Times that she did not even notice that Barack Obama entered the frame as she was focusing on the blossoms on the right and the Washington Monument on the left.
It was 7.30 in the morning and Obama probably went out to take a morning stroll at the Tidal Basin, a reservoir between the National Mall and the Potomac River. “It’s fun to be able to play tourist once in a while,” Mr. Obama said on Instagram later on Monday. “The cherry blossoms were beautiful this morning!”
“In the act of it, or as it transpired, you’re not realizing because you don’t even think that you’re going to see President Obama, right?” Belle and Preston's father Damien Thomas said. “So you don’t put two and two together until after the fact and you realize, OK, that really is President Obama.”
The viral photo was part of Portia's family photo shoot for Cherry Blossom. "It’s the kids turn to take a photo together and Damien is saying something to me. 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!" Portia described how the photobombing unfolded.
"This story is one to remember and the picture is a family heirloom (literally). And nope, we did not bother him on his much needed peaceful stroll," the caption read.
Briana Inell, the photographer, told the New York Times that she did not even notice that Barack Obama entered the frame as she was focusing on the blossoms on the right and the Washington Monument on the left.
It was 7.30 in the morning and Obama probably went out to take a morning stroll at the Tidal Basin, a reservoir between the National Mall and the Potomac River. “It’s fun to be able to play tourist once in a while,” Mr. Obama said on Instagram later on Monday. “The cherry blossoms were beautiful this morning!”
“In the act of it, or as it transpired, you’re not realizing because you don’t even think that you’re going to see President Obama, right?” Belle and Preston's father Damien Thomas said. “So you don’t put two and two together until after the fact and you realize, OK, that really is President Obama.”
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