Macbook air startup disk full, after removed 149GB pic folder

After I removed ALL pictures worth of 149GB, I still get the "startup disk full" message. It pops out all the time, more than frustrating, my air is not just a typewriter.

After trashing the pictures did you empty the trash? Look under the Finder menu.

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I bought this laptop last spring and lately it's been giving me some problems.
First of all, my startup disk is already full. I only use this as a home computer for schoolwork, photos, music, etc. Not sure if the reason it's full is because of pictures. Does anyone happen to know how many pictures you can out on a Macbook until it's maxed out?
Also, when I try to update the software it tells me I need more storage space. So I tried to get into iPhoto to delete some pictures but it says I don't have permission to "write to photo library."
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Back up all data.
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OK Guys I think I have solved my problem.
In my desperation to find meaning to why this was happening I stumbled across another forum where a user had a slightly related issue -> http://kubotaworkshops.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1028&sid=5e2982e3da6027f683997 ffbcf088d59
In there he had mentioned a root cause of a related issue. Immediately I checked to see what the settings for the Crop tool were set to, and to my surprise they were at 300inches x 400 inches at 300 dpi. According to his calculations this put the Scratch Disk size at pretty large.
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