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+

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  1. Leandro Bauducco
    ArgentinaTwitter

    18,802 followers
    0 following


    Average
    1 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    11 +1's per posting

  2. Followers on 01/17/2012: 10,712
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 11,213
    Follower difference: 501 (4.68 %)
  3. Vicki Field
    United KingdomTwitterFacebook

    18,784 followers
    849 following


    Average
    7 comments per posting
    4 reshares per posting
    39 +1's per posting

  4. Followers on 01/17/2012: 5,127
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 5,749
    Follower difference: 622 (12.13 %)
  5. Tisha Craw
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    18,707 followers
    780 following


    Average
    22 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    67 +1's per posting

  6. Followers on 01/17/2012: 2,767
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 2,768
    Follower difference: 1 (0.04 %)
  7. SmugMugVerified in GoogleGoogle+ Page
    TwitterFacebook

    18,608 followers
    0 following


    Average
    26 comments per posting
    33 reshares per posting
    126 +1's per posting

  8. Followers on 01/17/2012: 2,829
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 3,231
    Follower difference: 402 (14.21 %)
  9. Jeremy Brooks
    United StatesTwitterLinkedIn

    18,593 followers
    1,311 following


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

  10. Followers on 01/17/2012: 13,948
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 14,117
    Follower difference: 169 (1.21 %)
  11. Brian Bach Sørensen
    United StatesFacebookLinkedIn

    18,549 followers
    0 following


    Average
    2 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    25 +1's per posting

  12. Followers on 01/17/2012: 5,945
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 6,137
    Follower difference: 192 (3.23 %)
  13. April Gamel

    18,466 followers
    0 following


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

  14. Followers on 01/17/2012: 10,276
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 10,425
    Follower difference: 149 (1.45 %)
  15. Jon DeBoer

    18,450 followers
    264 following


    Average
    4 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    38 +1's per posting

  16. Followers on 01/17/2012: 8,027
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 8,300
    Follower difference: 273 (3.40 %)
  17. Alexandre Deschaumes
    FranceFacebook

    18,396 followers
    260 following


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

  18. Followers on 01/17/2012: 12,209
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 12,476
    Follower difference: 267 (2.19 %)
  19. John Briggs
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    17,917 followers
    1,053 following


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

  20. Followers on 01/17/2012: 12,950
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 13,307
    Follower difference: 357 (2.76 %)
  21. Charli Blake

    17,839 followers
    2,337 following


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

  22. Followers on 01/17/2012: 13,425
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 13,646
    Follower difference: 221 (1.65 %)
  23. Celine Chamberlin
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    17,768 followers
    1,286 following


    Average
    3 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    15 +1's per posting

  24. Followers on 01/17/2012: 12,007
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 12,607
    Follower difference: 600 (5.00 %)
  25. Ben Collins-Sussman
    United StatesTwitter

    17,697 followers
    283 following


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

  26. Followers on 01/17/2012: 13,462
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 13,528
    Follower difference: 66 (0.49 %)
  27. Annette Biggers
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    17,592 followers
    729 following


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

  28. Followers on 01/17/2012: 5,890
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 6,115
    Follower difference: 225 (3.82 %)
  29. Kathryn Brown
    United States

    17,488 followers
    0 following


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

  30. Followers on 01/17/2012: 5,673
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 5,870
    Follower difference: 197 (3.47 %)
  31. Mary Gotsi
    Australia

    17,331 followers
    516 following


    Average
    26 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    78 +1's per posting

  32. Followers on 01/17/2012: 5,333
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 5,597
    Follower difference: 264 (4.95 %)
  33. Bud Gibson
    United StatesTwitterLinkedIn

    17,248 followers
    418 following


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

  34. Followers on 01/17/2012: 13,385
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 13,593
    Follower difference: 208 (1.55 %)
  35. Jesse Estes
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    17,229 followers
    0 following


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

  36. Followers on 01/17/2012: 12,418
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 12,581
    Follower difference: 163 (1.31 %)
  37. Russ Barnes
    United KingdomFacebook

    17,116 followers
    0 following


    Average
    5 comments per posting
    3 reshares per posting
    70 +1's per posting

  38. Followers on 01/17/2012: 10,952
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 11,266
    Follower difference: 314 (2.87 %)
  39. kora foto morgana
    United States

    17,068 followers
    0 following


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

  40. Followers on 01/17/2012: 10,246
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 10,471
    Follower difference: 225 (2.20 %)
  41. Timothy Allen
    TwitterFacebook

    17,047 followers
    10 following


    Average
    6 comments per posting
    6 reshares per posting
    70 +1's per posting

  42. Followers on 01/17/2012: 5,633
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 5,906
    Follower difference: 273 (4.85 %)
  43. Adam J. CohenVerified in Google
    TwitterFacebook

    16,929 followers
    0 following


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

  44. Followers on 01/17/2012: 13,443
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 13,660
    Follower difference: 217 (1.61 %)
  45. Sue Butler

    16,901 followers
    265 following


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

  46. Followers on 01/17/2012: 9,877
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 10,174
    Follower difference: 297 (3.01 %)
  47. Cliff Baise
    United States

    16,872 followers
    1,044 following


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

  48. Followers on 01/17/2012: 9,762
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 9,995
    Follower difference: 233 (2.39 %)
  49. Chaim Frank
    CuraçaoFacebook

    16,756 followers
    0 following


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

  50. Followers on 01/17/2012: 10,203
    Followers on 01/19/2012: 10,790
    Follower difference: 587 (5.75 %)

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