Auto Opening of iPhoto

For some reason iPhoto every once in a while decides to open without any commands from me. This is a pain in the neck as I then need to take the time to close it, but with a large photo file the time to open and close is a bit annoying. What's going on?

LN,
This problem just began when we upgraded our iPhoto around Christmas and also upgraded to our operating system to 10.6.8. The last time iPhoto opened was while I was trying to print something off the internet this afternoon. Just after I opened the file setting for the print command and before I clicked on the print command for the selected printer, IPhoto opened up. I closed it and a short few seconds later it opened again. I closed it for the second time and quickly hit print command and got my document printed. I am not sure exactly when it opens unannounced, as I should have paid more attention to it, but in any case it is becoming a minor pain in the butt when this happens unexpectedly.
We did not change any preference settings since upgrading that I am aware of, however I guess we now have something checked to cause this, but I am unaware of what it might be called in order that I can re-adjust the setting.
Noodles1

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