Circle-Creator: Thomas Hawk

2012-01-18 23:20:26

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

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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+

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  1. Ryan Brenizer
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    34,282 followers
    476 following


    Average
    5 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    24 +1's per posting

  2. Followers on 01/17/2012: 25,829
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 26,070
    Follower difference: 241 (0.93 %)
  3. Dean Bradshaw
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    34,222 followers
    0 following


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

  4. Followers on 01/17/2012: 24,978
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 25,248
    Follower difference: 270 (1.08 %)
  5. Folletto Folletto
    ItalyTwitter

    33,692 followers
    0 following


    Average
    7 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    14 +1's per posting

  6. Followers on 01/17/2012: 24,409
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 24,697
    Follower difference: 288 (1.18 %)
  7. Paula Cobleigh

    33,435 followers
    1,102 following


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

  8. Followers on 01/17/2012: 26,942
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 27,222
    Follower difference: 280 (1.04 %)
  9. Paul R. Giunta
    TwitterFacebook

    33,319 followers
    0 following


    Average
    3 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    7 +1's per posting

  10. Followers on 01/17/2012: 29,058
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 29,214
    Follower difference: 156 (0.54 %)
  11. Claudine de Faÿ
    TwitterFacebook

    33,307 followers
    0 following


    Average
    13 comments per posting
    2 reshares per posting
    65 +1's per posting

  12. Followers on 01/17/2012: 10,702
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 10,890
    Follower difference: 188 (1.76 %)
  13. PJ Ammidon
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    32,490 followers
    1,207 following


    Average
    5 comments per posting
    2 reshares per posting
    20 +1's per posting

  14. Followers on 01/17/2012: 13,098
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 13,387
    Follower difference: 289 (2.21 %)
  15. Jonathan Goody

    32,115 followers
    3,805 following


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

  16. Followers on 01/17/2012: 15,871
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 16,058
    Follower difference: 187 (1.18 %)
  17. Alister Benn
    Twitter

    32,090 followers
    4,235 following


    Average
    5 comments per posting
    3 reshares per posting
    48 +1's per posting

  18. Followers on 01/17/2012: 16,669
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 16,994
    Follower difference: 325 (1.95 %)
  19. Roman BetíkVerified in Google
    Czech RepublicTwitterLinkedIn

    31,935 followers
    1,013 following


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

  20. Followers on 01/17/2012: 7,348
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 8,038
    Follower difference: 690 (9.39 %)
  21. Josh Adamski
    IsraelFacebook

    31,904 followers
    0 following


    Average
    5 comments per posting
    6 reshares per posting
    100 +1's per posting

  22. Followers on 01/17/2012: 16,801
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 17,085
    Follower difference: 284 (1.69 %)
  23. Nathan Beaulne
    United States

    30,803 followers
    131 following


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

  24. Followers on 01/17/2012: 18,677
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 18,924
    Follower difference: 247 (1.32 %)
  25. Gerard Charnley
    United KingdomTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    30,788 followers
    860 following


    Average
    14 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    33 +1's per posting

  26. Followers on 01/17/2012: 21,280
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 21,699
    Follower difference: 419 (1.97 %)
  27. Laura Balc

    30,385 followers
    0 following


    Average
    4 comments per posting
    2 reshares per posting
    50 +1's per posting

  28. Followers on 01/17/2012: 12,307
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 12,820
    Follower difference: 513 (4.17 %)
  29. Lawrence del Mundo
    PhilippinesFacebook

    29,800 followers
    0 following


    Average
    8 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    32 +1's per posting

  30. Followers on 01/17/2012: 18,177
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 18,895
    Follower difference: 718 (3.95 %)
  31. Juergen Buergin
    GermanyTwitterFacebook

    29,719 followers
    4,702 following


    Average
    0 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    4 +1's per posting

  32. Followers on 01/17/2012: 23,610
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 23,874
    Follower difference: 264 (1.12 %)
  33. Javier Esvall
    Spain

    28,734 followers
    0 following


    Average
    81 comments per posting
    17 reshares per posting
    175 +1's per posting

  34. Followers on 01/17/2012: 11,327
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 12,009
    Follower difference: 682 (6.02 %)
  35. Al Ebnereza
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    28,369 followers
    1,692 following


    Average
    9 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    8 +1's per posting

  36. Followers on 01/17/2012: 18,703
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 19,122
    Follower difference: 419 (2.24 %)
  37. Peter Adams
    United StatesTwitter

    28,297 followers
    0 following


    Average
    7 comments per posting
    2 reshares per posting
    19 +1's per posting

  38. Followers on 01/17/2012: 20,380
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 20,650
    Follower difference: 270 (1.32 %)
  39. Vincent Favre
    FranceFacebook

    27,962 followers
    76 following


    Average
    3 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    44 +1's per posting

  40. Followers on 01/17/2012: 23,949
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 24,226
    Follower difference: 277 (1.16 %)
  41. Wendy Baker
    United StatesFacebookLinkedIn

    27,862 followers
    4,481 following


    Average
    3 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    23 +1's per posting

  42. Followers on 01/17/2012: 16,300
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 16,582
    Follower difference: 282 (1.73 %)
  43. Celso Carvalho
    PortugalLinkedIn

    27,320 followers
    2,971 following


    Average
    15 comments per posting
    7 reshares per posting
    69 +1's per posting

  44. Followers on 01/17/2012: 3,738
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 4,386
    Follower difference: 648 (17.34 %)
  45. Lynne Goodwin
    Facebook

    26,878 followers
    3,078 following


    Average
    16 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    35 +1's per posting

  46. Followers on 01/17/2012: 9,868
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 10,265
    Follower difference: 397 (4.02 %)
  47. Anthony CitranoVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    26,862 followers
    496 following


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

  48. Followers on 01/17/2012: 23,217
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 23,461
    Follower difference: 244 (1.05 %)
  49. Luc Asbury
    United StatesFacebook

    26,380 followers
    4,419 following


    Average
    1 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    13 +1's per posting

  50. Followers on 01/17/2012: 8,086
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 8,342
    Follower difference: 256 (3.17 %)

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