Where are my photos, and how to I move them

Hi, all. I'm a very inexperienced Apple user. Switched from Windows to Apple a little over a year ago and still can't figure out this Apple OS. IPhoto is also pretty mysterious to me, but getting a little less so.
Here's my current problem: I want to back up my data. I want to do it by copying my folders from my "administrator" account (that's the thing that looks like a little house when you're in the "Finder," right?). I notice that when I go into the "pictures" folder in the administrator account, it's completely empty. I think I know why, but I'm not sure how to fix it.
A few months back, I went to the "genius bar" at my local Apple store with a bunch of questions unrelated to iPhoto. The "genius" who was helping me did something that made the photos accessible to all of the accounts on this computer. (I made two accounts in addition the administrator account, but I've decided to delete them because they serve no purpose.) I think that's why there are no photo files in the "pictures" folder in the administrator account.
Can anyone here figure out:
(1) how I can get all the photos to show up in the pictures folder in the administrator account;
(2) how to make sure that all the new photos I import into iPhoto go into that folder from now on; and
(3) how to do this in a way that won't cause a problem when I delete the two accounts that are not administrator accounts?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
John

I did the search using the "magnifying glass icon" at the top right corner of the screen. I got several results, but none gave me any useful info. The first result puts me into the photo library in iPhoto, but doesn't tell me where the library is stored.
I only know this--it was made into a "shared" folder, or something to that effect. Does that give a clue as to where it is and how to move it or change it?
Regards,
John

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