Unreadable files from camera??

I am an amature photographer and am incredibly dependent on iPhoto. However, within the last week (seems to be after an update - I have a shared iMac) I have been getting obnoxiously repetative warning messages from the application as I am trying to sort photos. It says "An error occurred while trying to save your photo library. Some recent changes may be lost. Make sure your hard disk has enough space and that iPhoto is able to access the iPhoto Library."
I took over 700 shots today and could only upload about 140. A window pops up telling me that the remaining 660 files are unreadable. Each time I try, the same thing happens.
I literally cried. After spending my whole Friday (8am to 5pm) shooting for my team mates at a horse show, I only have pictures of the first three riders to show for it. Please help! I am worried that this may be a sign of a virus or corrupted memory or something

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.
We will need a bit more information to be able to help. What camera? Are you shooting raw or jpeg? are you reading directly from your camera or are you using a card reader?
"An error occurred while trying to save your photo library. Some recent changes may be lost. Make sure your hard disk has enough space and that iPhoto is able to access the iPhoto Library."
Have you checked your diskspace? Is there enough space to download your photos? If not, try to free disk space.
Can you see your card in the Finder and copy the files using the Finder?
If your card shows as a disk on the Desktop, double click it and try, if you can copy the images to a folder on your disk.
Does it work? Can you open your photos in another program, like Preview?
If the files files are not readable in any program, your card may need reformatting.
Please post back with your findings. I hope we can rescue your precious photos.
Regards
Léonie

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