How do I back up iPhoto 9.6 content on DVD

I have a Time Capsule but sadly it is in another country and now my macbook needs to be replaced directly via Apple at the local store here.
To prevent access to all my childrens photos aside from all other financial account info etc i want to back the photos all up myself and just erase the macbook.
I do not have access to the Time Capsule, so have about 10,000 photos in iPhoto 9.6 which i think is the latest version.
How do i back up them all up to DVD? I cannot see any burn option.
And if i should be backing all my photos up NOT from IPhoto but from some other location, where do I find them on the macbook in finder....? I only see folders there that then open iPhoto so have not made any progress.
Please help!
Thanks

It might be prudent for you go purchase a portable external hard drive and clone your entire iPhoto library to it before you erase your Macbook. Then with your new Macbook you can use the Migration Assistant to restore your files back to the new Mac.
Otherwise you'll need to export all of your events to the desktop via File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option with Kind = Original and Subfolder format = Event title. Then burn the folder to the DVDs. Personally, the time and effort required to burn all of your Event folders and other documents to disks and then copy them back would overshadow the cost of an EHD. The demo version of Carbon Copy Cloner can be used to clone your drive to the EHD.

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Sorry about your drive crash! Nice that you did back up your photos, though.
Are you using the external drive as a backup to your computer's drive for iPhoto?
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