Paul Bohman – Blog – Washington DC Photographer

It’s not every day that I get to walk away from a day of photography with boxes full of cake and cupcakes. That’s what happened a little while ago, though, when I spent the day taking pictures for a photo essay about the Occasionally Cake bakery in southern Alexandria, near Fort Belvoir. I hadn’t originally planned on spending the whole day there, but I must have been seduced by the smell of sweet breads baking in the oven, or perhaps by the generous welcome and conversation offered by my hosts at the bakery. Whatever the reason, it was a fun day photographing the women at Occasionally Cakes doing their thing, and they were obviously having a good time doing it.

Come take a look inside with me. You’ll even get to see the behind-the-scenes making of an elaborate cake from start to finish.