Annoying application opening when renaming...

There must be a way around this, but it escapes me hence this appeal for ideas....
I am in the process of re-naming hundreds of photo' files and when I click on the file to rename it most of the time the file opens up an image application like Aperture, Photoshop and so on. I vary the "clicking" on the file name and sometimes that helps and the file will highlight and let me re-name it, but mostly the file opens up in an application, then I have to close it and keep trying until the old name is highlighted.
Is there a key stroke that can prevent this happening, or is there a simple "file re-naming" command?
Thanks!

As Barney-15E says, select the file, and press the <Return> key.  After you have entered the new name, presss <Return> again to get out of rename mode.
You can use the arrow keys or the tab key to move around, or type the first few letters of a file name to quickly move to the next file to rename, so you do not need to use the mouse/trackpad.
When in rename mode, you can use the up arrow key to move to the beginning of the name, the down arrow key will move to the end of the name, and of course the left and right arrow keys will move letter to letter left or right.  Again, no need for the mouse/trackpad.
Also as Barney-15E says, you might also want to check your System Preferences -> Mouse settings to see if maybe they are a little too sensitive.  If you like them as sensitive as they currently are, you could adjust them for the rename sessions, and then restore them back after you are finished doing your rename activities.
Finally, there are utilities available that will do bulk renaming of files, especially picture images.  Search the App Store file "rename" and some will appear.

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