Sync'ing iPhoto albums

I have iPhoto '11 on 2 computers, Photostream enabled on both, and photos imported into 1 show up in the other's Photostream -- great. But I placed photos on the 1st computer additionally into an album. That album does not show up on the other computer.
How can I sync albums as well? I'd like the 2 computers to be exact copies of each other in terms of photos, albums -- everything.

Photostream is a way of getting your photos on to various devices, not a way to sync Libraries.
What do you mean by "Sync".
The general term means when two Libraries (A and B) are compared and files in Library A are copied to Library B, while files in Library B are also copied to Library A so that both Libraries are identical.
This is bi-directional copying and you cannot do this automatically with iPhoto. No Syncing software is capable of parsing the iPhoto Library in this manner. One or both of your Libraries will be damaged if you try this.
You can have uni-directional copying - files in Library A are copied to Library B - this is essentially backing up. Obviously you can also copy from Library B to Library A.
The nearest you can get to syncing is to use iPhoto Library Manager to move files/Albums/Events plus associated metadata between Libraries. This process cannot be automated.

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However when i add a new photo to the 'iphoto album' it does automatically sync into the 'mobileme album'. Should this happen or do i need to recreate the mobileme album every time?
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Click to view full size
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