Auto-opening of Photos app in Yosemite...

Hey all, I am a photographer and have a pretty set workflow revolving around Lightroom/Photoshop.  Ever since installing the software update that introduced the new Photos app on Yosemite, whenever I insert a new SD card it pops up as the preferred app.  It's a huge pain, and I would like to simply disable the app, or set it so that it never opens up when I insert any kind of storage media / iPhone / etc.  How can I do this?  Having to disable for each specific card is awful since I format cards pretty often, and when I did that it reset the Photos preference for that card.  I tried deleting the app but apparently it is integral to the OS so no dice there.  Any suggestions are welcome - thanks in advance! 

Personally, I have not observed any difference in behavior between iPhoto and Photos in this regard. Other than that I had to reset the preference afresh.
Did you try disabling auto app launches in Image Capture? Selecting No Application in IC is meant to be universal across all apps. Thats what I did and no app is launched when I connect my cameras. I do not, however, know what reformatting an SD card does to this behavior.

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