Force images to synchronize from an iPhone to a Mac
You can manually import photos from iPhone into iPhoto. Connect your iPhone, open iPhoto, select iPhone in the sidebar, and select all of the photos you want to import, then click Import.

If she has upgraded to iOS 6 and has an iCloud account, she can enable Photo Stream on both devices. This will synchronize photos and place them in monthly albums in iPhoto.

Enable Photo Stream on OS X:

System Preferences &gt; iCloud &gt; Photo Stream


Enable Photo Stream on iOS:

Settings &gt; iCloud &gt; Photo Stream