How do I find 100 gigs of "photos"?

When I go to "About this Mac", and then to "Storage" I find that I have nearly 200 gigs of photos on my hard drive. However, all the photos I need/want are under "Pictures", in a few folders. When I "Get Info" about those folders, I find I have about 100 gigs there.
How can I find out where the other 100 gigs are...? I need to clear up space on my harddrive, and am seeking the most efficient way of finding what can be trashed, or stored somewhere else.
Thanks!
Aernout

Try one of the disk inverntory utilities to see what is using your disk space:
OmniDiskSweeper
GrandPerspective
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