Oloneo's PhotoEngine open for Beta Users

Okay this looks like a promising tool I could spend hours in tweaking the controls and lighting in some of my old HDR Shots.  It also revives my interest is playing around with HDR shots again.  Yet – I am still obsessing with toy cameras at the moment, but I think I’ll check PhotoEngine out [...]

Unpacking the Holga 135TIM

I’ve been on a tear lately with toy camera’s.  I first got the Golden Half, then the Blackbird Fly, and now I found myself over the weekend at PhotoWorks in San Francisco staring at this odd camera on the shelf that seemed to be staring right back at me. It was the Holga 135TIM, an [...]

Staycations, vacations... better than working

Over the last few weeks, I have taken time off of work mostly for a ‘staycation’ - working in the garage, surfing, reading, and generally just sitting around the house as much as possible. I did get a chance to go back east to visit familiy and took my Golden Half along.  Its much easier to [...]

You may have noticed a number of changes over the last couple of days. The Facebook login integration has been completed to allow new user registration. You may find login issues when jumping form the Facebook App back to the site – so be sure to login from the blog page. New theme is being [...]

Facebook has made some recent changes to how websites connect members with a new set of features called the Graph API. ThirstyPhoto uses an older feature from Facebook that allows our members to log into the site and use the Facebook App for photo contests.  Since the introduction of these new features, our old code [...]

Update on

Prizes The ‘Windows’ Contest prizes have been selected!  The first place prize for the judges selection is Lightroom 3 which was recently released by Adobe this month. Other prizes include Photomatix Pro, Toy cameras, and Gorilla Tripods.  Check out the prize list here. Popular Vote The Popular Vote is now open.  In past contests this has been [...]

The “Windows” contest is now open for submissions. This is a subject-based contest focused on ‘Windows” as the subject in the composition of the photo.  Rules are simple – have a window in the photo! Quota for submissions per member is 3 photos for this contest. Prizes? Yes!  There will be prizes for the top [...]

Popular Vote for B&W Contest

Be sure to answer our poll on the right-side! –> Popular Vote Complete Congratulations to 1st place Anton Chia, 2nd place Deneane Simpson, and 3rd place Susan Cosgrove! Top Place Photos

Announcement for B&W Judges Round

Judging Round Complete Congratulations to 1st place Samar Mandal, 2nd place Johanne Brunet, and 3rd place Christian Öser! Also listed are honorable mentions, picked from the top rated photos from the judges. This contest had tons of great photos – stay tuned for the new contest announcements in the next couple of days.  Thanks everyone [...]

New contests in June

The last contest theme poll  had a close finish between “Windows” and “Flowers”.  So lets just have them both! To start we will kick of “Windows” first and follow it soon after with “Flowers”. We still have the B&W contest to wind down later this week. Expect these new contests to launch early next month. [...]

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