How do I stop icloud from downloading to my iphone?

I have icloud, and am glad I can store photos from my iphone there. However, icloud is downloading all photos to my iphone, including those from my camera. I don't want these on my phone; they have filled up my phone's storage and it won't let me take pics.

Settings>Photos. Turn off Photo stream. (I'm assuming icloud is downloading photo automatically, not when you sync to iTunes/computer - if this is the case, turn off photo syncing in iTunes, look under the photos tab.)

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Let me first say that I am NO EXPERT with anything Apple and really have only started looking into this iCloud stuff a few hours ago because I'm trying to help my mom free up some space on her iCloud. But anyway, here's what I'm learning and what I THINK might be happening to you.
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Csound1 wrote:
disguise wrote:
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Csound1 wrote:
disguise wrote:
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