Flickr Sync / Backup Woes

Hi there,
I have a MBA 2013 256Gb, so whilst disk space isn't a daily issue, it can quickly become a worry when downloading a trip's worth of photos from my Canon DSLR (approx 10-20Mb per photo).
Typically I'll use the easy, built-in procedure for importing photos, organise them into albums and then upload them straight to my Flickr account, all from within iPhoto. I then use the iPhoto export wizard (which can be a little hit-and-miss) to export all of said photos in their original formats (both the RAW and JPG copies) onto my network attached storage box.
The problems start when having uploaded to Flickr and safely backed up to my NAS box, I want to delete the copies of the photos from my Macbook. As I found out the first time I tried, the moment you delete an album locally in iPhoto, it deletes the twin copy on Flickr (I appreciate there are already various threads that mention this).
I appreciate that Apple are trying to make things easy by syncing them left right and centre but surely my situation can't be that rare amongst all the MBA 128-256Gb owners out there. Can anybody recommend a solution that will still allow me to take advantage of the easy iPhoto to Flickr upload functionality as well as the ability to backup my photos elsewhere, whilst being able to delete the copies on my Macbook?
I'm pretty techy (manage software support for a living) though a bit of an Apple/iPhoto noob, so apologies if I've missed something obvious.
Thanks in advance!

Simple: use a different uploader rather than the built-in one.
I use Flickruppa
http://flickruppa.com
It just uploads, not syncs.
On an utterly unrelated point... why use iPhoto at all? It's a non-destructive processor and you're quite negating that by exporting the material and deleting it. Might be simpler to just not use the app at all.

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