Multiple Macs and Photo Libraries Management??

I have two macs in the house and am looking for a good strategy to synchronize my photo library (this goes just as well for music).
I would like to be able to have the iphoto libraries on each machine in sync. Therefore, if I added photos on either machine, it would be added to the other machine as well on sync. Originally, I wanted to have one machine be the master library, say machine A, but I realized that other family members will no doubt add photos on machine B at some point and I would be out of sync.
Any ideas on how others are dealing with syncing libraries since they are out of the domain of the Sync app as of yet?
Thanks!!!
Paul

Paul,
There are other discussions in this forum that address your question. For example:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=953541&#953541
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