Expand my Macbook hard drive using WiFI?

My MacBook hard drive was full so I moved some photos onto an external drive.  This has created additional space but to access those photos, I now need to plug the external drive back into the MacBook and change the iphoto library. 
Is there a better way to expand my MacBook hard drive?  I'd like to set up a external hard drive which I could access (upload and download) over WiFi (I have an airport express at the moment) and potentially also be able to access from any of the other devices in my home (macbook, iphone, and soon apple TV too).
Is there also a way I could then access that hard drive from outside of my WiFi network?
Would iCloud be an alternate option?
Thanks!

A bootable clone is easy:
download an app called Carbon Copy Cloner, download the free version, it will do the trick: www.bombich.com. Or download SuperDuper (free).
Make a bootable clone.
Buy a harddisk (I advise the simple, straight and quality Toshiba (see above)) and buy a simple holder that will connect to your USB port, on the OWC site
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/NewerTech/Voyager/Hard_Drive_Dock
(I bought another such holder that was a bit cheaper, but not at OWC).
Start CCC and set the clone spec, in the left field choose your internal disk, in the right field choose the external disk. Clone, etc see above.
About RAM: it is imperative that you choose the EXACT specification for your MB, you will find it on OWC:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade
it should do by replacing the two Apple chips with a pair 2GB chips.

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