Photo Management, what is most efficient and practical?

I'm somewhat new to Macs. I have simply been downloading my digital photos directly to iPhoto, however, once in there, they are hard to manage, duplicate files are created. When you move photos, they need to be re-imported. Can someone tell me how they manage their photos, do you use iPhoto or simply import photos you want to edit or manipulate to iPhoto, etc....

Hi,
I'd get GraphicConverter gives way more options...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/263
The Browse folder is great, and so much more you can do with it.
I dislike everything about iPhoto myself.

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