Time Machine did massive backup after installing/running iPhoto '09

After installing iLife '09 and running iPhoto '09 on Wednesday and Thursday morning, Time Machine proceeded on Thursday p.m. to perform a massive backup (103GB). This is interestingly the same size as my iPhoto library. The library has about 40,000 pictures in it. All I did in iPhoto after installing it was check out Faces (took 5 hours to initially create the Faces thumbnails) and Places. I did not import any new pictures. Today it is now doing a 23GB backup. I have used iPhoto some more since the 103GB backup to name more Faces, but haven't done much else on my Mac in that time.
How do I determine what exactly was backed up - to verify my suspicion it backed up my iPhoto Library? Is the backup performed only on the files that are added/changed, or entire directories that get files added/changed in them?
Have I effectively lost 103GB of backup space as I certainly did not add 103GB of new data?
Kenny

Kenny and his Imac wrote:
How do I determine what exactly was backed up - to verify my suspicion it backed up my iPhoto Library?
You could try an application like Time Tracker, it will tell you what was backed up and when. http://www.charlessoft.com/TimeTracker.zip
Is the backup performed only on the files that are added/changed, or entire directories that get files added/changed in them?
It seems as though any folder/file changes will prompt Time Machine to do a backup of those items. Even simple changes, like a rename or relocation. Although it would not backup an entire directory if only a file/folder inside had the changes done. If that makes sense.
Have I effectively lost 103GB of backup space as I certainly did not add 103GB of new data?
I would assume so. You are the first post I've seen to comment on iPhoto '09 (at least here in the Time Capsule section), so I'm interested in getting your future responses. I know with iPhoto 6 (iLife '06) that those who upgraded to iLife '08 got entirely new backups like this when they converted their library. So we'll see if that is the case again.

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