Dave Matthews Band In Concert At Riverbend Music Center June 2018

June 19, 2018

Professional Concert Photographer

I am currently in my 4th year as a professional concert photographer in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus. Two weeks ago I accomplished one of my bucket list items. After months of emails and work, I got approved by DMB’s awesome public relations team to photograph the Dave Matthews Band in concert 2018 at Riverbend Music Center on behalf of CityBeat Cincinnati.

I wanted to publish these concert images starting the night of the concert, June 7, 2018, but the photo release I signed forbade this. Written permission to post these photos followed. I would rather ask the P.R. people for permission than get in trouble with them. CityBeat published many of these images (legally) the day after the show as they were allowed to.

What Made Photographing Dave Matthews Band In Concert 2018 So Special

This is my 20th year seeing Dave Matthews Band and my 18th time seeing them live. I never thought that I would get to photograph my favorite band. Not only did I do this, I did it from the pit. This means that I was mere feet away from my favorite singer ever. This was a career highlight for me!