Exclamation Mark instead of my photo's

I know someone asked this below but I need to start from scratch!
I don't know what I have done to make this happen, it happened when I first bought my iMac just over a year ago and Apple sorted it over the phone but unfortunately I can't remember what they told me to do, I rang them this evening and for £36 they will tell me over the phone what to do....eh no thanks!!
Can someone please help me try and fix this
Thanks
Kate

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
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