Accessing photos on a mac

[MarqueeK]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but here it goes.
I've got 30GB+ worth of photos which I have taken over the years using my iPhone and Digital Camera stored up on my mac at home.
By syncing all the photo folders to my 64GB iPhone I was able to carry around my entire collection with me but recently I've finally started running into space issues (The other half being filled with apps and music).
Of course, I can just be selective and choose only the photo folders I want with me.
But I was wondering if there's a good way of doing away with photos on local storage altogether and access the photos on my mac on a need basis (obviously assuming that I have 3G or Wifi connection).
I don't want to use online storage, rather I'm looking for an app that would allow to me get access to files on my mac without it being a full-blown remote desktop app like TeamView or Splashtop.

 

[negrohero9]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but here it goes.
I've got 30GB+ worth of photos which I have taken over the years using my iPhone and Digital Camera stored up on my mac at home.
By syncing all the photo folders to my 64GB iPhone I was able to carry around my entire collection with me but recently I've finally started running into space issues (The other half being filled with apps and music).
Of course, I can just be selective and choose only the photo folders I want with me.
But I was wondering if there's a good way of doing away with photos on local storage altogether and access the photos on my mac on a need basis (obviously assuming that I have 3G or Wifi connection).
I don't want to use online storage, rather I'm looking for an app that would allow to me get access to files on my mac without it being a full-blown remote desktop app like TeamView or Splashtop.

i use to have this same problem until i got the dropbox app and stored all my pictures in there on a private folder that isnt visible to anyone. but dropbox is techinically considered online storage.

 

[mattopotamus]

without using some kind of "online" service like dropbox or photostream I don't think you can do what you are looking for.

 

[auero]

Dropbox, Picasa or photobucket might be your only options. Do you have a lot of photos or are they just very high resolution? I understand you want to keep them all but it's worth considering if you need to have them on you at all times? I used to do this with music until I realized I never listen to a 10th of my library. I used to carry all my photos with me as well but then I became paranoid of losing my phone. Even with a lock, it was possible to access the photos at one stage of iOS. I don't doubt there still is a way.

I'm disappointed Apple didn't include a larger size iPhone this time around. I have a lot of lossless audio so my 64gb disappears quick.

 

[From A Buick 8]

If you are willing to jump through a few hoops you could use something like this.
http://www.airstash.com/

It is wireless local storage that is small and very portable.

 

[MarqueeK]

Thanks for the responses

Sincere thanks to all who responded!
I guess there's no simple fix for this. I did consider going for an online storage solution but with 30GB+ (and growing) of high resolution pictures I know it's beyond any free account. In the end I just decided to be more selective about which pictures to take with me.
A little bit surprised that there are plenty of Remote desktop apps but very little in terms of accessing files using a simple interface.