Suggestions for backing up pics?

I have over 50,000 pictures on my Macbook and backup to a network drive. I do this manually which can be very time consuming and certainly not perfect. Can I use Time Machine to check which photos have been backed up and backup up the missing ones to my network drive in the same folder? Folder mirroring I think it's called? If not, can someone suggest a way to automate this process?

Why not just start over, backing-up with an app that's designed to do that? Yes, it will take a while to back everything up again, but thereafter you'll have to do little or nothing.
Time Machine will back up to some network drives, but not all. See #2 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
An alternative would be the Chronosync app.
Or see Kappy's post on [Basic Backup|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12366915#12366915].

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