Backup Fotos across multiple DVDs

Hi
What is the easiest way to backup all my iPhoto Pictures to several DVDs?
I don't want to manually distribute the pictures an the DVDs.
Thanks for the help.

You have a big problem, a very big problem and you need to deal with it first.
Your disk is seriously overcrowded. You are in serious risk of major dataloss.
OS X needs about 10 gigs of hard drive space for normal OS operations - things like virtual memory, temporary files and so on. (Much more if you regularly work with large files like video or uncompresse photos.)
Without this space your Mac will slow down as the OS hunts for space on the disk, files will be fragmented, also slowing things down, apps will crash and the risk of data corruption - that is damage to your files, photos, music - increases exponentially.
Your first priority is to make more space on that HD. Nothing else can be done until you do.
Purchase an external HD and move your Photos and Music to it. Both iPhoto and iTunes can run perfectly well with the Library on an external disk.
I can't stress enough how serious the situation is. While the Finder may report 7 gigs available it may be considerably less. Why? Because with an overcrowded disk you can't rely on the Finder to accurately report the situation.
FIx that and your burning issue will go away, I'll bet.
Regards
TD

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