Help backing up to DVD

Can someone please help me? I feel like an idiot, and can't see the ease of transferring my iPhotos to a DVD for backup. I would think it's a piece of cake, but continue to fail at accomplishing this.
I have over 9000 images on my new macbook. I want to eliminate most of them to free up space (I have been getting warning messages that my HD is getting full).
I bought DVD+R DL to backup my iPhoto and iTunes files, but can't find an easy way to do this.
When I open up the DVD, iDVD gives me all sorts of designs, music and tricks to make an interesting DVD presentation. But that's not what I want. I want a simple, accurate, useful backup to my HD files.
Please...who knows how to do this simply?
Thanks,
Gene

I suspect one of two things. First, the particular media you bought may not be supported. Second (and maybe more likely with your note that you've been getting disc full warning messages) it may be that your hard drive is too full to burn the disc. In order to burn, the computer first creates a disc image equal to the size of the target CD or DVD then uses that to transfer information quickly to the disc during the burn. If there isn't enough space then the image can't be created and you can't burn it. You may wish to move your iPhoto library temporarily (the whole folder) to an external Firewire drive so you'll have space to burn discs. Once you have confirmed it moved safely (by holding option key at iPhoto startup and selecting the iPhoto library on the external drive) you can then delete the iPhoto library on your main disc for space. I hope this helps!
-Bob

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