Top 104 Photographers To Circle In Google+

 100 brilliant photographers for you to follow.Google+ is a great showcase for professional photographers. With in-house editing tools like Picnik, and beautiful ways to display your work, photographers can really shine. 

1. +Alan Shapiro
2. +Alex Koloskov 
3. +Alexander S. Kunz 
4. +Alexandre Buisse 
5. +Alfie Goodrich
6. +Alfred Plyer Photography
7. +Andrea Acailawen
8. +Beau Kahler
9. +Bjorn van Sinttruije 
10. +Brian Matiash
11. +Carl Stovell
12. +Cassius Wright
13. +Chris Collacott
14. +Chris Marquardt
15. +Christian Anderson
16. +Christopher Jay
17. +Christopher Michel
18. +Colby Brown 
19. +Damien Franco
20. +Dave Beckerman 
21. +Dan Carr
22. +Dave Cox
23. +Dave Powell
24. +Dariusz Majgier
25. +dominique palombieri 
26. +Eric Kim
27. +Eric Leslie
28. +Erly Bahsan
29. +Felipe Apostol
30. +FFrame
31. +Frank Doorhof
32. +G Dan Mitchell
33. +Gary Austin
34. +Gary Crabbe
35. +Giulio Bassi
36. +Giuseppe Basile
37. +Greg Schmigel
38. +Guido Steenkamp
39. +Heimo Wenzel 
40. +helen sotiriadis 
41. +Jacek Smoter
42. +Jan H. Andersen
43. +Jao van de Lagemaat
44. +Jarek Klimek - Editor in Chief and Co-founder of 1150 Pixel Photography Magazine
45. +Jesse Pafundi 
46. +Jim Goldstein
47. +Joe Azure
48. +Johannes Kick
49. +John Powell EFIAP DPAGB
50. +Joshua Powell
51. +Kieran O'Connor Photography 
52. +Kjetil Greger Pedersen
53. +Klaus Herrmann
54. +Kyle Marquardt
55. +Leanne Staples 
56. +Lotus Carroll 
57. +Mark Stagi 
58. +Matt Weber 
59. +Miami Tom 
60. +Michael Russell
61. +Michiel de Lange Photography
62. +Mihailo Radicevic
63. +Mike Olbinski 
64. +Mike Shaw Photography
65. +Nate Zeman Photography
66. +Neal Urban
67. +Nichole McCall
68. +Nicole S. Young
69. +Patrick Di Fruscia
70. +Patrick Smith
71. +Paul R. Giunta
72. +Pierrick Blons
73. +QT Luong
74. +Rick Sammon
75. +Ricky L. Jones Photography
76. +Rob Daugherty
77. +Robbie Schmelzer
78. +Robert Larson
79. +Roland Vogt
80. +Romain Guy
81. +Roman Tripler 
82. +Ron Niebrugge 
83. +Sathish Jothikumar
84. +Saurabh Deoras 
85. +Scott Jarvie
86. +Seung Kye Lee
87. +Shane Srogi
88. +Star Rush
89. +Stephen Ingraham
90. +Steve Febbraro  
91. +Takahiro Yamamoto
92. +Terje Sørgjerd
93. +Terry Nelson
94. +Thom Hogan
95. +Thomas Hawk
96. +Thomas Leuthard
97. +Tony Eccles
98. +Tony Sharp 
99. +Trey Ratcliff - Google+ superstar with over 45,000 followers
100. +Trond Lindholm
101. +Varina Patel
102. +Victor Bezrukov
103. +Vivienne Gucwa
104. +William Burrard-Lucas 

Photo Website Founders

• +Dave Powell - founder of ShootTokyo
• +Don MacAskill - the co-founder and CEO of SmugMug
• +Evgeny Tchebotarev - co-founder and creative director of 500px
• +Lisa Bettany - Camera+ co-founder
• +Peter Bargh - founder of ePHOTOzine

Google+ Photos/Picnik 

• +Brenda Anderson – Picnik Community Builder
• +Brian Rose – Community Manager for Google+ Photos
• +Dave Cohen - Google+ Photos engineer
• +Thomas Kang – Google+ Photos software engineer
• +Vincent Mo - Google+ Photos software engineer

Googler Steve Lacey Killed by Drunk Driver

Google engineer Steve Lacey, 43, a veteran of the Seattle region’s tech community who worked for more than a decade at Microsoft, died Sunday in a car crash in Kirkland.
KING 5 News reports that that Lacey was the victim of a road rage incident in which he hadn’t been involved. A widely respected software engineer who often displayed his sense of humor on his well-read blog, Lacey had two children, ages 5 and 7. He and his wife had recently celebrated their 10th anniversary.
Lacey, who received his master’s in software engineering in his native U.K., moved to Redmond in 1997 from London, two years after the 3D graphics startup where he worked was acquired by Microsoft. His online bio describes his work at Microsoft and demonstrates his passion for technology.

Lacey left Microsoft in January 2006 to start SwitchGear software with another former Microsoftie, Joe Stacy. Later that year, Lacey joined Google’s Kirkland office.
“The food was too good to be ignored,” he explained in his bio.
He also worked briefly at Facebook last year, according to his Google+ profile, but he had been working most recently at Google, focusing on Chrome video.
In the incident Sunday afternoon, state troopers told KING-5 that the driver of a Hyundai Sonata lost control, rolled and crashed into a BMW being driven by Lacey on NE 85th Street. The Hyundai driver had exited Interstate 405 at high speed in pursuit of another car that the Hyundai driver says cut him off on the freeway. KING reports that investigators believe the Hyundai driver had been drinking.

10 Creative Ways To Use Google Plus Hangouts

1. Celebrating Birthdays

You are having birthday of your kid and some of family members are not around. Its an inexplicable emotional feeling to see your loved one’s face at his/her birthday. Through Google+ Hangouts other members who are not present and are on different places, can enjoy those moments of celebration.

2. Hangouts Of Live Cooking

You want to make a dish but not sure about the recipe. Don’t worry, go and hangout with  your friends and organize a live cooking session. Its amazing to make food while hanging out with friends.

3. To Teach Remote Students

A good resource for those who give online coaching to their students. With hangouts, its like a live classroom over internet. Imagine one teacher taking individual coaching of a student or simultaneously imparting knowledge to 9 students.

4. Weekend Chat With Friends

Its a long time after you started this new job or left college or moved out to this place and from that long you haven’t talked much to your friends. Go, invite your friends over a weekend hangout and enjoy those old college jokes, discuss about new happenings and feel the magic of being with them again.

5. Client Meetup Over Hangouts

Skype is a great tool to have professional remote meetings but it has its own limitations in terms of group meetings. Try Google Plus Hangout for a client meetup. You can feel it a bit unprofessional but its OK after all you are there to work and that too more efficiently, not to show off.

6. Hangout Project Discussions

You are working with a team of guys who are masters in their areas and they are all in different countries or places. Use hangout to discuss project plans, strategies, schedules and processes etc.

7. See Synced Youtube Videos With Friends & Families

You can not enjoy alone for long. Few people can say, they do but the reality of joy is enjoying together. Watching videos together with your friends and families is another experience you may have by Google+ Hangouts.

8. Hangout With Your Audience

This looks strange but it works. Hanging out with your audience in a way that KOMU-TV in Columbia is doing. Sarah Hill, an anchor from the channel has organized hangout and started inviting her friends to give them a view of behind-the-scenes newsroom.

9. Recruitment Interviews On Hangouts

This is something that could be interesting for some. In those cases where applicant is in another city and for interview he has to travel long or you have to organize a group discussion of 8-9 people to get an idea about who is best among them, you can use Google+ Hangouts.

10. Collaborative Working Through Hangouts

Many collaborative working tools are available in the market from live document editing solutions to p2p services. Google+ Hangout can be a pretty good tool for social collaborative working.

For some, some of the above may work and some not. What you think? Which one could work for you? or how you would like to use hangouts in your own way?