About Adventures of a GoodMan
My name is Greg Goodman, and this is the magazine of my life.
. . . .Through it, I invite you to join me on a virtual photographic trip around the world, complimented by stories and multimedia from the road.
Think of the site as my answer to the age-old question: I traveled; now what?
Tour the Superbowl-Bound San Francisco 49ers Stadium: Candlestick Park
Take a photo tour of Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco Giants football team. With seats for 70,000 fans, you can imagine the energy that fills the stadium.
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Posted in Featured Posts Slider, Manmade Objects, San Francisco
Tagged California, Football, San Francisco, SF, Sports, Stadium, Stadiums, USA
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Line Up the Painted Ladies in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury
It’s as if someone dipped a brush in rainbow paint and spread it across the city of San Francisco, California. Explore photographs of Painted Ladies and learn their history.
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Posted in Buildings, Featured Posts Slider, Growing as an Artist, San Francisco
Tagged buildings, California, Colorful, home, San Francisco, USA
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A Thrilling Win for the San Francisco Giants! Game 7 NLCS Photos & Videos
I was there when the San Francisco Giants won Game 7 of the 2012 NLCS in the middle of a thunderstorm and in front of 44,000 screaming fans. Photos and videos galore!
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Posted in Baseball Stadiums, Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Major League Baseball, My Favorites
Tagged Baseball, California, Giants, MLB, San Francisco, USA
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Experiments in Postprocessing {-} Mountains Hiding under Fog
More than just before and after photography, this post shows different ways I’ve come up with to show the change on one single image of a foggy sunset over the Marin Headlands in California.
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Posted in Before and After, Featured Posts Slider
Tagged California, Digitally Altered, Photoshop, Postprocessing, San Francisco, USA
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Cruise Ship to Alcatraz Prison // a San Francisco Photo of the Day
Perhaps the most famous and storied prison in all of America, Alcatraz is located just off the shores of San Francisco and next to the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Posted in Landmarks, Photo of the Day, Photography
Tagged Alcatraz, Boats, Bridges, California, Photo of the Day, San Francisco
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Happy Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge!
Since moving to San Francisco, I’ve been excited to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge on its 75th anniversary. I wasn’t able to, but here are some of my favorite photos instead.
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Posted in San Francisco, Transportation
Tagged Bridge, California, Photo of the Day, Photography, San Francisco, Transportation
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Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Coast Highway – Montara, California
Point Montera Lighthouse is a working lighthouse AND a hostel. Plus, it has pretty amazing sunsets!
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Posted in Highlights, Lighthouses, San Francisco
Tagged CA, California, Highway 1, Lighthouse, Photo Essay, Photography, San Francisco, Sunset
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5 Posts I’m Really Proud Of About San Francisco
The works I’ve selected for my top 5 consist of my absolute favorite photos and stories from my two years of living in San Francisco, California.
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Posted in Best of the Site, Featured Posts Slider, San Francisco
Tagged Favorites, My Best Work, San Francisco
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Electric Wires in the Sky & Trolleybuses in San Francisco
When I first moved to San Francisco in 2009, I was very bothered by the “ugly wires” that ran above the streets. Teeming with a strong electric current, these wires power a fleet of zero emission MUNI trolleybuses. Now, I consider them a part of the City’s charm.
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Posted in Highlights, My Favorites, San Francisco, Technology, Technology, Transportation, Transportation
Tagged Bus, California, San Francisco, Transportation, USA
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The Curviest Street in the World: San Francisco’s Lombard Street
I still remember driving down Lombard Street – the crookedest street in the World – on a family vacation to California and San Francisco when I was 7.
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Posted in Landmarks, Photo of the Day, Roads, San Francisco
Tagged California, Photo of the Day, Roads, San Francisco, Street
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5 Posts I’m Really Proud Of About My Adventures in the USA
The five posts featuring my best photographic and storytelling work from life in the United States. Highlights include Route 66, Washington, DC, New York City and California.
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Posted in Best of the Site, Featured Posts Slider, United States
Tagged About, America, Blog Posts, Introspective, My 7 Links, New York, Route 66, San Francisco, Top 10, USA
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Raw Footage of Riding the Rails in South San Francisco
As much as I love the beautiful drive, my favorite way of commuting between San Francisco and San Jose, California, is on CalTrain. Instead of fighting traffic or boredom, I can plop down in a nice comfy seat, take off my shoes, put my feat up and have some “me time.”
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What I Did Last Night: San Francisco Photography
One of my favorite things to do is to spend an evening searching through my archives and editing a whole bunch of photos. Sometimes they all are of a similar theme (like this one of San Francisco), and others they are completely unrelated.
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Posted in All in a Night, Cities, Featured Posts Slider, San Francisco
Tagged All in a Night, America, Bridge, California, Greg Goodman, Photography, San Francisco, USA
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A Google+ Adventure Around San Francisco
When the Interwebs meet real life… I joined 30 Google+ photographers in San Francisco to wander around and take pictures of the city’s buildings, bridges, construction sites, sculptures and urban swagger. What follows are a dozen of my best shots as well as stories of what it was like meeting these complete strangers.
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Posted in Cities, Featured Posts Slider, Growing as an Artist, Highlights, My Favorites, San Francisco, Social Media
Tagged America, Bridge, buildings, California, City, Google, Greg Goodman, Photo Essay, Photo Walk, San Francisco, USA
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Timelapse Videos: Summer in San Francisco Sure is Cold and Foggy!
When I moved across the country from New York City to San Francisco, I thought I was coming out for a slice of the good life with California weather. Daily shorts and flip flops were my dream, though once I got here I soon realized that sweatshirts and layers were …
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Posted in Featured Posts Slider, San Francisco, Videos and Multimedia
Tagged America, California, Clouds, Fog, Multimedia, San Francisco, Timelapse, USA, Videos
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Travel Back in Time on San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars: Photo of the Day
Regardless of where I’m heading in San Francisco, I always try and find a way to take the historic F line streetcar. A lover of the rails since my father and I first set up a Lionel train in my childhood bedroom, I think these rolling museums may be my favorite part of the city.
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Let There Be Light…and Sunflares
“Light” is the theme of this week’s Digital Photography School challenge. The subject is left completely up for interpretation, so I present a selection of my favorite images featuring that giant ball of light in the sky. I’ve always loved shooting cranking up my shutter speed and pointing my camera directly at the sun to capture the deep blue skies and bold rays.
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Posted in Abstract, Photo of the Day
Tagged Greg Goodman, India, Light, Nikon D80, Photo Contests, Photography, San Francisco, Sri Lanka, Sun, Sunbursts, Texas, Washington DC
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Living With the Hippies in Haight-Ashbury
Best known for being home to the hippie revolution in the 1960s, San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury it still a magnet for travelers, drifters, tourists and hippies of all ages, shapes and sizes. To honor it, I present to you the story of my experiences and observations from living a block off of that famous intersection.
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Champs Come Home: The San Francisco Giants’ 2011 Home Opener
A photo essay of the San Francisco Giants World Series champs’ return to AT&T Park during the 2011 home opener. Giant American flags, jet flyovers, extra innings victories and a video of Brian Wilson hoisting the World Series flag.
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Posted in Baseball Stadiums, Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Major League Baseball, San Francisco, Videos and Multimedia
Tagged America, AT&T Park, Baseball, CA, California, Giants, Greg Goodman, MLB, Photography, San Francisco, SF, USA
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Rainy Days in San Fran: Phone Photography
My first update directly from my Sprint EVO camera phone. Below are some pics from the non-stop rain we’ve been having here on San Francisco lately. Guess it must be spring!
Posted in Camera Phone Photogaphy, Foggy & Gray, San Francisco
Tagged CA, California, Camera Phone, EVO, HTC, iPhone, Rain, San Francisco, SF, Sprint, Weather
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