Quote from: bgray on February 21, 2012, 03:59:16 PM

The best thing about Google+ is circles.

I have a circle of about 60-70 AWESOME photographers who's work I admire and look up to.

I can simply filter all my results to see just these talented ladies and gentlemen.  These people also host Google+ hangouts, which are wonderful.  Literally, you can hangout with these people and pick their brains live via your webcam....very cool.

AND - I can share this circle with others.

I promise you - if you start Google+ and adopt my Photographers circle, you'll love Google+, and you'll become a better photographer.

How does someone adopt another's circle?

I just shared it on my profile here...

https://plus.google.com/u/0/114974993988509334124

Quote from: Mariuccias on February 22, 2012, 04:57:47 PM

Quote from: bgray on February 21, 2012, 03:59:16 PM

The best thing about Google+ is circles.

I have a circle of about 60-70 AWESOME photographers who's work I admire and look up to.

I can simply filter all my results to see just these talented ladies and gentlemen.  These people also host Google+ hangouts, which are wonderful.  Literally, you can hangout with these people and pick their brains live via your webcam....very cool.

AND - I can share this circle with others.

I promise you - if you start Google+ and adopt my Photographers circle, you'll love Google+, and you'll become a better photographer.

How does someone adopt another's circle?

I just shared it on my profile here...

https://plus.google.com/u/0/114974993988509334124

I added it as well...not sure I did it right though...I haven't spent too much time with G+.  Thank you!

Quote from: dougdirt on February 22, 2012, 05:22:54 PM

No one I know is on it and until they are, it simply is a waste of time for me to check in on for the most part. I am on there, but I check it once a month.

I found that you have to come at it with a different frame of mind than Facebook. I only have 4 or 5 real life friends on it. It isn't the place you post party pictures and pictures of your kids. It's more a place you can interact with total strangers that share your same interests. Go at it like that and you'll start adding folks left and right

So it is like a cooler "LinkedIn"?

I am kind of amazed that Trey Radcliff will allow you to download any of his images from his google+ page. I mean bgray has linked us to something that showed his very liberal attitude toward watermarking and things like that but he has some gorgeous works of art that I could really see some scammer that works at a mall shop downloading and trying to sell without giving Trey a single red cent. Am I missing something there?

He speaks about it here...

https://plus.google.com/105237212888595777019/posts/UTKKo5Su6Rj

Essentially, legitimate companies never steal anything.

From the article above...

7. As image search and image recognition get better and better, there will be no need to watermark things. In 1 year+, we'll be able to r-click an image and choose "Google-find the original creator" -- there is a bit trail to first-on-the-internet.

8. Yes, last, there will be bottom-feeders that steal your stuff. I call this the cost of doing business on the internet. These are the Tic-Tacs that are stolen from the 7-11. It is impossible to maintain 100% of your digital inventory, so wanting "perfection" in your online strategy is an illusion.


The benefit of being seen everywhere outweighs losing some Tic Tacs.

Also - don't forget.  It doesn't matter if you "allow" someone to download your photos from Google+, or any other site.

If I want, I can command+shift+4 and do a screen capture, and so can anyone else.  So if you have a computer, you can grab anything that appears on your screen, regardless of "protection".

He speaks about it here...

https://plus.google.com/105237212888595777019/posts/UTKKo5Su6Rj

Essentially, legitimate companies never steal anything.

Funny, given that he had to sue Time Magazine for using his images without permission in a commercial.

But, at the end of the day, I am with him.

Just realized I never put my profile link here...

https://plus.google.com/u/0/110882170609091418574

That is exactly what I was thinking, dougdirt. I am not trying to sway anyone into thinking anything and I know that the people that want to steal your work are not going to buy your work I just get stuck thinking about the guy in the mall selling someone else's work. I have seen that in person up close and the guy even after being exposed is still there and doing a decent business so far as I can tell.

I guess I have to ask, why haven't any of the photographers done anything about it?