How to wirelessly share photos and video on Apple TV.

Looking for some Apple TV wisdom.
I'm interesting in being able to view my photo library and home move library via my Apple TV.
My photos and movies are on a WD Live drive, but willing to move my data to another device if appropriate
All of my Macs are laptops so I don't have a computer up and running 24/7 to use home sharing.
I don't care about music because i can use icloud to stream all my music via iRadio soon by using Match.
I don't want to use AirPlay because that forces me to have my laptop with me and to bring up my photos and videso from it, which I don't want to do.
I just can't seem to find a seamless solution to this one.
I've thought about buying a used MacMini, but that requires me to find a keyboard and monitor just to set it up.  It would be great if i could plug in a Mac Mini in my entertainment cabinet and find a way to access it via my laptop(MacBook Pro).  My thinking is that I could plug the Mac Mini into my WD Live to access my media.  And then Apple TV would find the "Computer" and would get all the data off of it.
Thanks to anyone at there who has advise on this one.  Thanks!

Thanks Winston.
I'm thinking tha I can use a monitor and keyboard for the initial set up, and then plug it in in my entertainment area and then use something like VNC to control the computer virtually through other devices.  At least that's my thinking so far.  And the other negative to this approach is that I'll have to have itunes configured on the mini as well as on my laptop for local use.
Those are my thoughts for now, but stil open to ideas from others.

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