Moving Photos And Videos Solely To ICloud

I have an ipad air 2, and as it is only a 16gb model I am running low on space, one of the things I am trying to do to save space is move all my photos and vides to solely my icloud (in full resolution), and not my iPads storage, is there any way I can do this? Thank you for your communication-Will

II'm sorry, but I really am not that familiar with the iCloud Photo Library, but after a closer look, you are correct. I don't use the feature anyway, because I do not want to give up iPhoto on my Mac nor do I want to pay for more storage than I already pay for.
IF that wasn't a solution, there is no other way to store photos in iCloud and totally remove them from your device without overwriting them at some point tin the future. What I mean is - technically you could backup with iCloud - remove the photos from the iPad and the photos will be in that backup. However once you backup again, you may overwrite that backup and erase all the photos that were in the backup. I would never recommend doing this.
No cloud storage in the world is as good as storage on a device that you can control and keep in your possession. What I do is import them to my Mac and then store them on another external drive. After they are imported, they can be safely deleted the from the iPad.
My most important photos stored are on my Mac in iPhoto and on an external drive as well.
Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or Windows PC - Apple Support

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Her camera roll photos and videos would be included in her backup. Restoring her backup to the iPad should recover them.
Start by creating a current backup of your iPad that you can restore your data from later. It's faster if you do this on your computer using iTunes; if you can't, create a backup in your iCloud account. If you can back up to your computer, do this by connecting the iPad to your computer, opening iTunes and going to File>Devices>Back Up. Then go to File>Devices>Transfer Purchases.
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If you want the photos back on the iPad, put them in a folder and sync them to your iPad by selecting the folder on the Photos tab of your iTunes sync settings and syncing. If you want to videos back on your iPad, import them to your iTunes library (File>Add to Library), then sync them to your iPad from the Movies tab of your iTunes sync settings. You will then find them in the Home Movies section of the Videos app on your iPad. Just so you are aware, photos that you sync to your iPad can only be removed later by syncing them off your iPad (by deselecting the folder on the Photos tab and syncing again). They can't be deleted on the iPad itself.

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If your iPhone was set to save photos to Photo Stream, you may be able to access them by turning on Photo Stream on your other devices. The following article may be helpful:
iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486
Regards,
- Brenden

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Do you mean your photos in the Photo Stream?
First her system and iPhoto version should support iCloud and Photo Stream: OS X 10.7. 5 and iPhoto 9.4 or later.
Next, she would have to log into the your iCloud account in her System/iCloud preference pane and enable Photo Stream:
She would also have to enable Photo Stream in here iPhoto Photo Stream preferences:
If she enables all of the iCloud features in the System/iCloud preference pane she'll be syncing your Contact list with hers, bookmards, etc. If you want to have her only get the photos do not enable any of the other items. If she has her own iCloud account she'll won't be able to use it.
If you want to create a Shared Photo Stream
so she could view the phtotos you put in it without using your iCloud account the system requiremets are: OS X 10. 8.2 or later. This Apple document describes what is needed: iCloud: System requirements
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