{"id":8216,"date":"2025-04-24T07:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8216"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:22:19","slug":"photo-of-barack-obama-in-dc-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8216","title":{"rendered":"Photo Of Barack Obama In DC Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Virginia family in Washington, D.C., got a picture they will remember when former President Barack Obama accidentally stepped in front of a picture of their two kids with the area\u2019s famous cherry blossom trees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8217\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-16-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-16-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-16-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-16.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People saw Obama walk into the background of a professional picture of Belle, 4, and Preston, 1, at the Tidal Basin.<\/p>\n<p>Obama later apologized on social media, writing, \u201cPreston and Belle, hope you enjoyed peak bloom. My bad for stepping into the shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many people from all over the world come to the nation\u2019s capital every spring to see the cherry trees in bloom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1747681\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The picture shows two happy kids smiling under a branch with pretty pink petals. In the background is the Washington Monument. Bush is seen walking behind them with his hands in his pockets and wearing a cap and sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>Just as the children were wrapping up a photo with their parents, Portia Moore and Damien Thomas, Moore posted on Instagram about Obama\u2019s unexpected appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook who strolled by in our picture for our family Cherry Blossom photo shoot!\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStory time! It\u2019s the kids turn to take a photo together and Damien is saying something to me,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m just focused on Preston not running towards the water (peak mom moment). After that shoot was done I pick Preston up and asked Damien \u2018what were you saying\u2019? He goes \u2018that was President Obama who just walked by\u2019 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!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1907129222419612136&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fobama-photo-90537%2F&amp;sessionId=89a59edfec5667adc68ec9615be9e0df17806a07&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1907129222419612136\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Briana Inell, the photographer taking pictures of Moore\u2019s young children, told the Washington Post that she has been taking pictures of families and babies for more than ten years.<\/p>\n<p>The woman said it wasn\u2019t strange for tourists to walk by in the background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go to the Tidal Basin every single year,\u201d Inell said. \u201cI\u2019m very used to people walking in on my pictures. I tell my clients \u2018don\u2019t worry they will be Photoshopped out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his apology, Obama also posted about the day on his own Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fun to be able to play tourist once in a while. The cherry blossoms were beautiful this morning!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Virginia family in Washington, D.C., got a picture they will remember when former President Barack Obama accidentally stepped in front of a picture of their two&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photo Of Barack Obama In DC Goes Viral - 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