Don't want iPhoto opening

Question

I rarely use the camera on the iPhone and would prefer that iPhoto did not open and ask to download pictures every time I sync. Is there someway to turn off this automatic feature?

Answer 1

+I rarely use the camera on the iPhone and would prefer that iPhoto did not open and ask to download pictures every time I sync. Is there someway to turn off this automatic feature?+
As has been correctly pointed out by others you can keep iPhoto from launching whenever any camera is attached, including the iPhone. However, that's a pain if you actually use a camera with your Mac and use iPhoto to manage it. Since you don't use the camera on the iPhone very often you may not realize that if you just delete any pictures currently in the iPhone's Camera Roll then iPhoto will not launch.
If you still want those pictures but don't want iPhoto launching every time, just let iPhoto import them to your computer (choose the option to delete them when you're done!) and make an "iPhone photos" folder within iPhoto. Put any pictures you want to appear on your iPhone (including ones you have taken using the iPhone camera) into this folder. Setup iTunes to sync that folder to your iPhone. The process can even be automated using smart folders.
Now you will only be asked to sync when you have new photos on the iPhone. And you'll always have a permanent record of the photos in iPhoto.