Is there a way to stream photos on my MBP similar to how you share them on a ATV?
Not in any native Apple app that I know of. Try out the Stratospherix Filebrowser app, it allows you to connect to your Mac and browse any files on it including your pics.
Alex
thanks for the suggestion, app looks like it does exactly what I need, do you use it?
Actually, I don't :-/
I found out about it a few days ago when I was looking up how to transfer files from my Mac to my iPad. Like how Airdrop *should* work, instead of just between iOS devices. It was on this forum that I found a suggestion of File Manager, but I haven't tried it out yet. If you do go for it let us know how it is.
Alex