Mac HD full of photos

Hello!
I am using Lightroom, Photoshop & iPhoto on my mac.
I use an external HD to store my photos.
I have done my best to clear the lightroom files,
and the iPhoto libraries,
but still my Mac storage is almost full of photos.
How can I find out where I have hidden photos - using up my mac memory?
Please advice.
Kind regards,  -Sanna

Have you emptied Trash?
Some times that display is inaccurate.  Reindex Spotlight:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716
Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Grand Perspective (both free) and open them.  They will show all of your files and the respective sizes,  This should aid you in identifying files to be deleted or transferred to external storage.
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