Insufficient Disc Space

I have a text alert appearing when I try and add photos to the library.
The disk containing your iphoto library is running low on space are you sure you want to continue?
I have 800 gb free space on my hard disc and circa 10K photo in Iphoto.
I press yes.
I get a message error writing to disc "iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem writing to the volume containing your iPhoto library."
If I have disc space and iphoto can handle 250K photos what is the problem?
Does Iphoto have an allocation of disc space?
If so how do I expand it?
Regards
John

This seems to be a bogus message and likely indicates an issue with the iPhoto Library.
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
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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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