IPhoto has taken over - help!

Hello all: I'm a Mac switcher so be gentle. I posted recently about trying to get iPhoto 08 to work with my photo library on my linux server. I was partially successful and iPhoto will work with the network share. I need the share as I have other computers which need to access the work with the same photos (using picassa).
However, I now have a small problem in finder. When I go and browse to my smb share on the linux server it is shown with the iPhoto icon and I cannot actually browse the directory structure within. Double-clicking launches iPhoto.
How the heck did I do this, and how do I undo it??? Thanks a bunch, Chris.

Terence: Thanks for the quick reply. Since out kids were born my wife and I have amassed a collection of over 6000 photos. As a sys admin I naturally built a linux file server with a RAID array. The array, along with proper backup, gives us the reliability and loss prevention for these irreplaceable photo files.
We had (until I switched to a Mac) three pcs which all had access to the linux server. We used Google Picasa (IMO the best software out there in teh free to $100 range) to view, import, and upload for printing. (BTW we use snapfish which has proven to provide high quality photos for a fraction of the price iphoto wants).
So along comes my new mac and I naturally am applying my old MS knowledge-base. But mac work differently and I need to relearn some things. When I was playing with iphoto somehow now in finder I cannot browse my network share directory. Finder now shows the directory as an iPhoto icon and launches iPhoto when I try to drill down into it. I need to get Finder back to showing the file structure of my photo share.
Chris

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