Best way to do offsite backups of iMac?

I have a new iMac -- the first Mac for a longtime Windows user...
One of my normal practices with the PC was to create an offsite backup each month, which is stored in my desk at work. In the past, I've always used DVDs for the backup, but now that my iTunes and digital photo libraries are growing, that's getting to be too much of a chore and requires too many disks to do easily. So, I'd like to start doing my offsite on a portable hard drive I can store in the office and just take home once a month for the backups.
I'm already using Time Machine to back up my iMac to a G-Tech external hard drive, but for the offsite backup, I'd prefer to only back up my iTunes library, photos, and documents. I don't see a way to do that with Time Machine.
What's the best way to have only these folders backed up to an external hard drive?

ecd1211, Welcome to the discussion area!
I'd prefer to only back up my iTunes library, photos, and documents. I don't see a way to do that with Time Machine.
You can customize Time Machine to only do the folders you want.
In Time Machine preferences, Choose Backup Disk, then click Options. A list of locations that are backed up appears.
To add a new "do not back up" location to the listing, click the "+" button below the list, navigate to the location you want to exclude and click Exclude.
To delete a listing, select that listing and click the "-" button.
Click Done to return to Time Machine preferences.
Drag the Time Machine OFF-ON slider to turn Time Machine on or off.
KB 306681, Mac 101: Using Time Machine in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

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