Steven Carlson Photography

"San Francisco, but actually Oakland and not Alameda, Your girl was in Berkeley with her communist reader..."

Thank you Vampire Weekend for two amazing shows at The William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley this weekend! (And thank you for playing a matinee so I could create a photo in daylight like this.)

I wrote some thoughts on my recent visit to the incredible Sphere and U2 for RIFF Magazine: https://riffmagazine.com/opinion/sphere-las-vegas-astounding-potential/

Opinion: The astounding potential of Las Vegas' Sphere | RIFF A lot has been said about Sphere in Las Vegas being game-changing for concerts, and it's all true. It changes what's possible, both visually and aurally.

New on my blog: 10 years of photographing concerts!

10 Years of Concert Photography — Steven Carlson Photography Today, I’m celebrating 10 years of photographing concerts. Ten years! Okay, technically I lost a little time during the pandemic. There weren’t many concerts to shoot for a little over a year, unless you count that drive-in tribute band show I covered. (It was a weird time, we all remember.) Bu

I have a lot of feelings about how amazing last night’s 8th annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure was, which I hope to write about sometime soon. I’m glad Chris felt the same way and shared a few of my pictures! You can find more pics and a great recap by my friend Román on riffmagazine.com! https://riffmagazine.com/reviews/joan-baez-taj-mahal-bobby-weir-sammy-hagar-20230513/

My 2022 📸 in review! Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Weeknd, LANY, Louis Tomlinson, ATEEZ and more.

2022 In Review: Legends, Myths and Fandoms — Steven Carlson Photography While late 2021 marked the return to concerts following the pandemic shutdown, 2022 is when touring really got going.  There were still a number of tours cut short or modified due to COVID outbreaks within the tour crew, but for the most part 2022 felt normal again. For me, 2022 was a ye

New on my blog: My 2021 Year In Review (aka Finally, Concerts!)

2021 In Review: Finally, Concerts! — Steven Carlson Photography Finally, concerts. My last “real” concert in 2020 came on February 29, and aside from a drive-in tribute band show later that summer (a true pandemic experience), I had very little to do until finally bands began to hit the road again in late summer this year. Without a doubt, the most boring ye...