Sync Photos issues

I have a few issues with the sync Photos process.
1. After choosing to sync photos from a particular folder ('My Pictures' by default) I'm seeing that it will not include photos that are in 'My Pictures' if there are subfolders in 'My Pictures'. For example, say I have a 'My Pictures' folder and two subfolders 'Vacation1' and 'Vacation2'. I have pictures in both subfolders and also in the 'My Pictures' folder itself. When I choose the 'All Photos' radio button under 'Sync photos' (instead of 'Selected folders') it ignores the pictures that are in 'My Pictures' and only uses the pictures in the subfolders. This seems like inconsistent behavior.
2. I'm finding the need to only sync with one folder branch to be very limiting. Essentially iTunes is dictating to me how I have to organize my images on my hard drive if I want to load them in my device. Ideally I'd like to sync across various folders on various drives because my images are stored that way due to the fact that they are linked to various projects, etc. Can this be done; am I overlooking something? What would be ideal is if the 'Sync photos' checkbox had the option to add multiple folders.
-jonR

iTunes has nothing to do with the importing of photos from the Camera Roll. Those are imported from the iPhone to the computer with Windows Camera and Scanner Wizard. You can also access it with Windows Explorer, select the phone in the list of removable drives or cameras and that will do it.
If Windows is not recognizing the iPhone connected to it, then you need to look at this support document. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Follow instructions there to see if you can get Windows to recognize the phone is connected. The last step is to completely remove iTunes and reinstall it. To remove it in Windows, follow the instructions in this support document http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925

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