How can I retrieve a photo from Time Machine?

My husband needs pictures he had stored under his profile.  I deleted everything due to space limits on the Macbook Air, but everything was backed up through Time Machine 1st.  Now he needs those pictures and I cannot figure out how to find them and restore them to my computer.  When I try, I get a message that says I don't have enough space to restore entire library.  Please help.  I just want to find the darn pictures that he needs and bring them back. I'm so confused and I want to go to sleep soon.  Thanks!

Were his pictures in the iPhoto library?
If so, quit iPhoto, open the folder containing the iPhoto library, then open Time Machine.
If not, just open the folder where he had stored the photos, then open Time Machine.

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