Time Machine dong full backup all of a sudden - why?

I have had time machine going for months, from both my Macbook and my Mac Mini, and this AM I noticed that it is doing a full backup, instead of the incremental backup it normally does. Yesterday, I updated this Macbook with the latest iDVD update, and I installed iLife '11 on my Mac Mini, but that's it. My Mac Mini uses a referenced iPhoto library on a NAS, but that is a different NAS drive than the time capsule. The only thing the time capsule is used for is or backup.
Could the upgrading of my iPhoto library on my Mac Mini have messed something up?
I will see if my Mac Mini does a full backup also.
Thoughts anyone?

Hi moviewbuffking - this could have a number of reasons, so have a look at these:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2057525
Cheers
Michael

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