Photos on the cloud - do I have to store them all?

I wanted to give photos on iCloud a try and thought I could just give it a try using my 5gb free account. When I click to activate the cloud sync however it tells me I need to activate the 200gb a month option. Is there no way I can get it to only upload 5gb worth?
thanks!

well it seems i can turn it on my idevices without having to upgrade, so I might just see how that works first

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Hello Janet
With that iCloud storage that you purchased, is used for mainly for iCloud Backup for your iPad Air, app data as in games and documents for like iWork and other apps that save data locally within the app. Dealing with photos in your Photo Stream they actually do not count towards that storage plan. If you don’t think that the storage is going to work for you, then cancel the upgrade you just made.
iCloud: iCloud storage plan overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12796
iCloud: Shared Photo Streams FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5903
iCloud: Cancel your storage upgrade
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12798
Regards,
-Norm G.

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If you've deleted them from your phone, they may have been removed from your back up, if you have them in photo stream, you should recover them as quickly as possible.

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Do you mean at icloud.com you can't see your photos? If so then that's normal. They are only viewable on Macs running iPhoto 9 or later and on mobile devices running iOS 7.
So where are you not seeing the photos and what system and iPhoto versions are you using?
OT

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Have you done this before ? And if so, is photo stream turned on on your iphone and ipad. and as Alfred DeRose pointed out they must both on the same icloud account.
If you're new to this, you might want to do some research. Photo stream is different from camera roll and albums. Many have been on this sight looking for their photos stored in icloud after restore, etc. and they're not there. Also, after thirty days icloud deletes your photos from photo stream.
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I have my photo albums on my imac how can I store them on the icloud?

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but
1) how can I keep them stored in their albums and backuped on the cloud?
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I have my photos stored and sorted in albums on my mac within iphoto.
I can upload them with photostream and create similar albums on my ipad to view them.
but
1) how can I keep them stored in their albums and backuped on the cloud?
2) do I have to copy the photos from my photostream to the camera roll on the ipad so they do NOT get deleted after 30 days?
3) if so how can I see if I have enough storage on my ipad to store all the photos in the camera roll?
4) do I have to delete photos from the photostream once I have used them in an album?
would really appreciate some help on this ... as driving me nuts
many thanks

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TS3992 should I be able to see my photos on the cloud

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