What is best way to sync 2 Macs to 1 iPhoto database?

I have a main home iMac that serves as our digital life hub. Occasionally, especially when on the road, I'd like to have the same iPhoto database on MacBook Pro, but, be able to make changes, edits, etc., and then be able to get those back into the iMac. Is there a way short of copying the whole iPhoto database back and forth?
I suppose one idea would be to use a portable, external drive, so curious if performance suffers in that case. Thanks

David
You will need to copy the Library to the MBP at least once, thereafter you can use iPhoto Library Manager to move pics and their associated metadata from library to library.
I suppose one idea would be to use a portable, external drive, so curious if performance suffers in that case.
Well, performance won't suffer and you can copy the Library to an external as easily as to the laptop.
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Connect the Disk to the laptop. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
Regards
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