4 Reasons Why Google+ Loves Photographers

It is very impressive in what Google and the Google+ engineers have been able to accomplish over the past 2 years. And what is that impressive thing you might be asking — well simply put Google+ has intensified the capacity, for you, to connect with others.

I can’t even begin to imagine. The 10’s of thousands of engineering hours that Google has invested in the Google+ project. When Google+ was launched in June 28, 2011. The Mountain View company explained that “online sharing is awkward. Even broken.”

So Google set a goal for itself — to fix this issue. And I believe that the company has done a rather nice job. Yesterday, Google+ received a brand new look. But most prominent is Google’s continued loyalty to the photographer.

Photos: your darkroom is now a Google data center:

• Auto Backup (aka Instant Upload). Too many pictures stay stranded on the phone, so with your permission, we’ll automatically backup your mobile pics as you snap them.

• Auto Highlight. It helps you find your favorites faster by de-emphasizing duplicates, blurry images and poor exposures, and focusing instead on pictures with the people you care about, landmarks, and other positive attributes.

• Auto Enhance. Taking a good photo and making it great is a task generally reserved for professional photographers. That’s why, for example, we continue to support and improve tools like the Nik Collection.

• Auto Awesome. Sometimes we’ll create a brand new image based on a set of photos in your library. For example: if you upload a sequence of photos, we’ll try and animate them automatically.

Call To Action

If you don’t’ have a Google+ get one — it’s free. Then use it.

If you have a Google+ account then use it often. Post your images, your projects, your thoughts and helpful advice. Build your Google+ community — and drive that traffic back to your web site.