We've agreed to photograph, pro bono, the opening legs of the Tour of Shenandoah, a road cycling race that ranges from Harrisonburg to Buena Vista and back up to Waynesboro, Virginia over the course of five days -- picture a miniature Tour de France set in the Shenandoah Valley. Every year
BlackBird Images donates services to organizations, teams, or groups we decide we'd like to help. The Tour of Shenandoah is a fairly new event that attracts up-and-coming cyclists, and we thought it would be fun to give its organizers a hand. It runs from April 25 through April 30; you can visit their website for more information by
clicking here. We'll post photos we take in our Gallery section on the
BlackBird Images website; to visit us (and see the photos we take next week),
click here.
Last year, for example, we shot a Longwood University women's field hockey game at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Here's a photo from the game.
Longwood University is a small private college in Farmville, VA, and the ladies on the team are rarely photographed in action. They were incredibly appreciative and later sent us a very sweet card and team photo. One of the great things about being successful is that we occasionally have the freedom to do something nice... just for the sake of being nice.
