My iPhoto Library is on an EHD, I would like to make a backup on a second EHD

My iPhoto Library is stored on an Seagate 1TB external hard drive (which is also my Time Machine or automatic backup), not on my MacBook Air. That means that I always carry the external hard drive wherever I go to access my photos (and to keep backing up my documents). I travel quite a bit so just in case the Seagate stops working, I would like to make a backup of my iPhoto library on a second EHD to leave at home.
I have another Seagate 500GB which I used in the past on a wifi for my iPad, which also contains some photos straight from my camera (that means they did not get the 'iPhoto treatment' as I don't want to clog up the iPad through Airdrop).
There is still plenty of room on this Seagate 500GB (300GB free) for an extra iPhoto Library backup. It should be simple enough but so far I have been unable to understand how. Clear steps to how to do it would be much appreciated.
Many thanks!
pilot03

To check how the drive is formatted, connect it and run Disk Utility (in your Utiilty folder). Click on the drive's icon. (You'll see to icons, the top one is the drive itself and will have a name including the manufacturere's name and a second one is indented. Click on the top on. Now look in the bottom right corner of the DU window. WHat you want to see is: Partition Map Scheme : GUID Partition Table
If you don't the drive should be repartitioned. Click on the partition tab, Click on Current & select 1 partiton, click on options and select GUID. That will erase the drive. Now Click on the indented icon, click on the erase tab and make sure you see MacOS Extended (Journaled) next to the Format label. If not, click on the popup menu and select it. Then erase. Now the disk is ready.
If it is formatted for Mac already, after mounting the drive select its icon and select Get Info from the File menu. Look at the very bottom of the long dialog box. You should see a list of permissions, your user name should be listed and your permissions should be Read & Write. Or there might be a checkmark next to a label called Ignore Ownership. That should be checkmarked.

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