How to Make Cherry Blossoms Last Forever

The annual challenge of shooting something transient

A retouched image of cherry blossoms captured while I was zooming out. Photo by William Sidnam.

Go to any park in spring and you’re bound to find cherry blossoms being mobbed by fans like moths to flames.

They’ve always been popular. But the fact they’re in bloom for just a few weeks gives them an aura of rarity, forcing us to grasp the bittersweet realisation that time is…