Deselecting iPhoto as preferred destination

I inadvertently selected the option of automatically using iPhoto as my destination when the Mac detects digital images, as from a camera or from a card reader. There used to be a pop-up that would ask where I want the images to go, for example, when I connected my camera or the card reader to the Mac. That pop-up no longer appears, and the images are loaded directedly into iPhoto. I wish to be asked each time the destination I prefer for each download, but I can't find my way to do that in Preferences or any other place. I have iPhoto 4.0.
Thank you for your help.
Les

Hi, Les. I'm not aware of any way you can elect to be prompted to choose an application each time you connect an image source to your Mac. You can, however, choose not to have any application open, or choose a different application instead of iPhoto. That's done in the Preferences of Image Capture, the intermediary application that "feeds" your images to the application of your choice, or to no application.
Open Image Capture, ignore (don't dismiss) the "No Image Capture device connected" alert box, choose Preferences from the File menu, click the "Camera" tab, and choose your preferred option from the drop-down menu.

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