best programming language for cataloging and searching metadata for 1000+ images (jpg and tif)

I have a large number of family pics and have entered into metadata the names of people, location, and events for each. I would like a web-based method to do a boolean search for people, location and event to pull up relevant photo images. My questions are: 1) is this doable? and 2) what software/programming approach would work best for this application. Thank you in advance for advice. I am new to programming but will teach myself how to use the software once I know which is best.