Circle-Creator: Thomas Hawk

2012-01-18 23:20:26

500 Profiles, 116 Reshares, 257 +1's, 195 Comments

1,500 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+ (A-G, Part 1 of 3)1,500 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+ ...1,500 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+ (A-G, Part 1 of 3)

1,500 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+ (A-G, Part 1 of 3) http://goo.gl/WGdFw

1,500 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+ (G-O, Part 2 of 3) http://goo.gl/1yiS6

1,500 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+ (P-Z, Part 3 of 3) http://goo.gl/6nLZE

I've shared my photographers circle on Google+ two times now.

Once when it got to 500 and then again when it got to 1,000. Today my circle hit 1,500 so I'm sharing them again.

I have to break them up into 500 person circles because this is the limit on Google+. Also Google limits the number of people you can add to circles per day so I'm going to publish my kick ass photographers circle over 3 days. Today I'm publishing A-G. Tomorrow I'll publish G-O. Friday I'll publish P-Z. By last name.

In addition to the kick ass photographers in these circles I've also added three other accounts. Our new photography hangout show which will be on live tonight at 8PM PST +Photo Talk Plus as well as our show's sponsors +Drobo and +SmugMug as a way of saying thanks to them.

A few notes about these circles. not to be long-winded, but…

Every time I've shared my circles I've gotten haters from it. People who are upset that they are not in them. I absolutely detest that. It makes me not even want to share them because of that. These circles are not meant to be the definitive list of what photographers you should be following on Google+. These circles are simply who I have chosen to follow for photography on Google+ for my own personal consumption. I want to share them because I think YOU may also benefit from having these rich, talented, kick ass photographers in your streams.

This is the circle that I browse every single day looking for great stuff to +1 and comment on Google+ and as such it reflects my own personal biases.

For example. I hate looking at watermarks. This is a personal preference thing. If you use them, more power to you. It's absolutely your right. But as a consumer of photography I find them ugly and distracting and so I tend not to follow people who use them. This is not a big deal. This is not a personal attack against you if you watermark.

This isn't even a universal rule of mine. I do have a few friends who use them that I still follow. But by and large, what you get with my circles is a watermark/signature free circle.

I also prefer people who are active on Google+ both in terms of posting and in terms of contributing to the community. If the last photo you posted was in November, I probably won't have you in this list.

If you were in my photographers circle before but removed, it could be for a lot of these sorts of reasons. Watermarks/sigs, not posting enough, posting too much non photography stuff that I'm not interested in, or all kinds of other things. Who knows. But it's most definitely not personal. (Unless I'm blocking you and then maybe it is personal).

Also if you are not in these circles it may simply be because we don't know each other yet. In time perhaps we will become great friends

Open Circle on Google+

500
  1. Tom AndersonVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    5,032,865 followers
    0 following


    Average
    207 comments per posting
    206 reshares per posting
    2102 +1's per posting

  2. Followers on 01/17/2012: 938,900
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 959,315
    Follower difference: 20,415 (2.17 %)
  3. Sergey BrinVerified in Google
    United States

    3,805,581 followers
    0 following


    Average
    0 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    0 +1's per posting

  4. Followers on 01/17/2012: 838,827
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 857,521
    Follower difference: 18,694 (2.23 %)
  5. Ron GaranVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    3,011,201 followers
    641 following


    Average
    29 comments per posting
    73 reshares per posting
    378 +1's per posting

  6. Followers on 01/17/2012: 840,681
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 869,879
    Follower difference: 29,198 (3.47 %)
  7. Colby BrownVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    2,473,464 followers
    0 following


    Average
    40 comments per posting
    29 reshares per posting
    372 +1's per posting

  8. Followers on 01/17/2012: 476,252
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 493,216
    Follower difference: 16,964 (3.56 %)
  9. Jennifer BaileyVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitter

    1,873,310 followers
    0 following


    Average
    41 comments per posting
    18 reshares per posting
    210 +1's per posting

  10. Followers on 01/17/2012: 451,230
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 468,921
    Follower difference: 17,691 (3.92 %)
  11. Ron CliffordVerified in Google
    CanadaFacebookLinkedIn

    1,840,698 followers
    559 following


    Average
    15 comments per posting
    7 reshares per posting
    104 +1's per posting

  12. Followers on 01/17/2012: 22,493
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 22,820
    Follower difference: 327 (1.45 %)
  13. Barry BlanchardVerified in Google
    United StatesFacebook

    1,763,040 followers
    2,389 following


    Average
    58 comments per posting
    52 reshares per posting
    590 +1's per posting

  14. Followers on 01/17/2012: 13,310
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 13,621
    Follower difference: 311 (2.34 %)
  15. Lotus CarrollVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    1,708,969 followers
    2,532 following


    Average
    25 comments per posting
    16 reshares per posting
    312 +1's per posting

  16. Followers on 01/17/2012: 478,131
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 498,832
    Follower difference: 20,701 (4.33 %)
  17. Victor BezrukovVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    1,651,979 followers
    2,761 following


    Average
    20 comments per posting
    16 reshares per posting
    302 +1's per posting

  18. Followers on 01/17/2012: 456,997
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 474,781
    Follower difference: 17,784 (3.89 %)
  19. Patrick Di FrusciaVerified in Google
    CanadaTwitterFacebook

    1,642,271 followers
    2,567 following


    Average
    0 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    0 +1's per posting

  20. Followers on 01/17/2012: 464,314
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 481,543
    Follower difference: 17,229 (3.71 %)
  21. Lisa BettanyVerified in Google
    CanadaTwitterFacebook

    1,610,394 followers
    535 following


    Average
    0 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    0 +1's per posting

  22. Followers on 01/17/2012: 573,058
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 593,055
    Follower difference: 19,997 (3.49 %)
  23. Dave BeckermanVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    1,554,805 followers
    1,268 following


    Average
    6 comments per posting
    5 reshares per posting
    88 +1's per posting

  24. Followers on 01/17/2012: 428,760
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 446,436
    Follower difference: 17,676 (4.12 %)
  25. Jeremy CowartVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    1,504,850 followers
    325 following


    Average
    3 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    21 +1's per posting

  26. Followers on 01/17/2012: 389,765
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 404,700
    Follower difference: 14,935 (3.83 %)
  27. Dave CoxVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    1,497,319 followers
    2,833 following


    Average
    12 comments per posting
    40 reshares per posting
    175 +1's per posting

  28. Followers on 01/17/2012: 382,123
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 398,971
    Follower difference: 16,848 (4.41 %)
  29. Adde AdesokanVerified in Google
    TwitterFacebook

    1,284,494 followers
    0 following


    Average
    0 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    0 +1's per posting

  30. Followers on 01/17/2012: 14,254
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 14,621
    Follower difference: 367 (2.57 %)
  31. Alfie GoodrichVerified in Google
    JapanTwitterLinkedIn

    1,224,108 followers
    0 following


    Average
    12 comments per posting
    5 reshares per posting
    163 +1's per posting

  32. Followers on 01/17/2012: 392,625
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 410,034
    Follower difference: 17,409 (4.43 %)
  33. Lee DanielsVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    1,066,563 followers
    0 following


    Average
    51 comments per posting
    49 reshares per posting
    455 +1's per posting

  34. Followers on 01/17/2012: 26,106
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 26,479
    Follower difference: 373 (1.43 %)
  35. Juan GonzalezVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    783,193 followers
    0 following


    Average
    11 comments per posting
    5 reshares per posting
    78 +1's per posting

  36. Followers on 01/17/2012: 6,181
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 6,457
    Follower difference: 276 (4.47 %)
  37. Athena CareyVerified in Google
    Switzerland

    559,616 followers
    1,975 following


    Average
    57 comments per posting
    16 reshares per posting
    300 +1's per posting

  38. Followers on 01/17/2012: 39,345
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 40,405
    Follower difference: 1,060 (2.69 %)
  39. Jessy EykendorpVerified in Google
    IndonesiaTwitterFacebook

    464,753 followers
    0 following


    Average
    58 comments per posting
    15 reshares per posting
    222 +1's per posting

  40. Followers on 01/17/2012: 36,969
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 37,440
    Follower difference: 471 (1.27 %)
  41. Joe AzureVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitter

    415,773 followers
    2,914 following


    Average
    26 comments per posting
    17 reshares per posting
    209 +1's per posting

  42. Followers on 01/17/2012: 40,363
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 40,858
    Follower difference: 495 (1.23 %)
  43. Sam Breach
    United StatesFacebook

    368,338 followers
    2,881 following


    Average
    32 comments per posting
    5 reshares per posting
    112 +1's per posting

  44. Followers on 01/17/2012: 9,840
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 10,016
    Follower difference: 176 (1.79 %)
  45. Sara Byrne
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    360,481 followers
    2,471 following


    Average
    18 comments per posting
    6 reshares per posting
    97 +1's per posting

  46. Followers on 01/17/2012: 4,157
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 4,321
    Follower difference: 164 (3.95 %)
  47. Bill Gekas
    AustraliaTwitterFacebook

    281,651 followers
    0 following


    Average
    5 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    26 +1's per posting

  48. Followers on 01/17/2012: 8,035
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 8,325
    Follower difference: 290 (3.61 %)
  49. Brandon Campeaux
    United StatesTwitterLinkedIn

    260,532 followers
    0 following


    Average
    1 comments per posting
    2 reshares per posting
    10 +1's per posting

  50. Followers on 01/17/2012: 268,031
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 268,168
    Follower difference: 137 (0.05 %)

1 ... 25 of 490
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 » 20