How to browse pictures in time capsule backups?

Hello, please kindly clarify for me the following:
I have a macbook pro and Time Capsule. My logic was that I am using TC for backing up my photos and videos that I am constantly taking with my camera. So once I export pics and vids from my camera to macbook the idea is that it gets transferred to time capsule as a backup so I can erase those pics from my macbook to free up the space since it's on TC anyway.
Recently I have tried to come through my pictures on TC and discovered that it's not easy to find them.
So my question is how do I browse through all my photos on Time Capsule? All my photos that were captured by different backups over time?
Thank you!

If you are asking about iPhoto, it is not possible to "browse" the image library while you have the Time Machine window open. All that you can do is navigate to the iPhoto Library and click to restore the entire library back to your Mac.
So once I export pics and vids from my camera to macbook the idea is that it gets transferred to time capsule as a backup so I can erase those pics from my macbook to free up the space
No matter what application that you might be using to edit your images, this is a very dangerous thing to do if you value your images.
Consider that you have erased the copies of the images that were on your Mac......and now the only version of the images that you have are on the Time Capsule.
What will happen when.....not if....the Time Capsule drive has a problem? Answer......at that time, you will have no access to your images at all.......since you have no backups.
A minimum backup plan would have images on one drive....like your computer.....and the backups on another drive, like a Time Capsule. Then, when.....not if.....one drive fails, you still have a copy of your important images on the 'other" drive.

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Q7-9 are highly relevant.
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