Well, if you are into this, and expect to take a bucketload of photos then you will probably upgrade your software in the near enough future. iPhoto is really slick, convenient and robust, but it will be inconvenient to break away from when you want to upgrade to something else. I know that from personal experience. I used it very happily until I got my DSLR, then I soon enough realized where it's limits are (after all it is still basically free consumer software). Maintaining good file and metadata structure is critical anyhow, and no software can really save you from that. I would use Bridge for now, and turn on Time Machine for brainless and painless backup.
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