ITunes can't find my photo lib when synching iPhone

I have my photo lib on an external hard drive (Time Capsule) which I connect to over wireles (although I have tried connecting via patch cable - no help).  iPhoto works fine in this configuration and up until recently, so did iTunes.  It's slower synching over wireless, but it's worked for some time.  I believe this problem started after my last iTunes update but it could have been after the last OSX update.
Now, when I connect my iPhone and attempt to sync with iTunes, if I go to the Photos tab, I get the spining wait forever - never finishes.  I can't sync my iPhone in this state becase it gets to the photo synch part, hangs for a while then quits and say the synch failed.
Is there any way to tell iTunes where to look for my iPhoto lib?  I see where I can change the media folder in iTunes prefs under Advanced, but that's where my music lives and I can't change that.
Thanks for any insight,
-Jeff
2008 MacBook Pro OSX 10.9.2
iTunes 11.1.5
iPhone 4 iOS 7.1

Yes, I'm still having this problem and am unable to sync my iPone with iTunes. 
I'm not sure if iTunes 11.1.5 expects to find an iPhoto library under its "media folder" now but, if so, I could create a symlink to mine on the other drive.  [I know, not a solution since it's a network link, but might be a temporary workaround]
Are there any Apple people monitoring these discussions?  How do I file a bug with Apple? 
I'm sure this problem isn't mine alone.  Yes, I have an old laptop, but Mavricks run on it, and yes, I have a non-standard config for iPhoto but, since the photo lib can get quite large, I'm sure I'm not the only one using NAS for storage.
Things used to "just work".  That's why I changed everything over to Apple products -- they all played well with each other and I didn't have to spend hours playing sys admin.
What happened?
Anyone?

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