Question re. restoring iPhoto Library?

Hi iPhoto community,
For what ever reason I decided to buy and install Lion 10.7 operating system on the weekend. I have always been interested in the spaces/expose feature which is maybe why Lion looked interesting for me. I realized that there would be some tinkering to sort out a few things after the fact.
I backed up my iPhoto Library, Pictures folder, Documents folder and Music folder to an external hard drive maybe a couple of weeks ago, these files especially my iPhoto Library were getting too large to keep on my internal iMac hard drive. I started a new iPhoto Library so my new iPhoto Library was quite small. I use time capsule for regular backups. I also synced my iPhone and iPad to ensure that I had collected all of my current work in one place.
I am having trouble finding all my pictures and setting up my iPhoto library again using time machine. The finder window of the new Lion operating system is differnent and I am not sure where to look. Pictures are not accessible in the new finder pane.
Does anyone know of any instructional webpages that could help me sort things out and retrieve my iPhoto Library with all my pictures. Should I use time machine or is there another way?
curious r

Hi Terence,
Thanks for the tip!
I followed your answer but with Lion 10.7 it tells me that I do not have permission to open pictures!
regards, CR

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