The finder on my mac won't recognize my iPod

I have a MacBook Pro from mid 2011, I believe, and when I plug my 4th gen iPod touch it won't recognize it in finder. It comes up in itunes fine and I checked the finder preferences, iPods should show up. This is my first mac; I'm used to Windows. Am I doing something completely wrong? I just want to get my pictures off my iPod. You do that with finder right? Thanks for the help!

Unlike Windows, my iPod only shows in Itunes, not Finder. You are in a sense locked out of navigating files on iPod (iPhone, iPad) as well as being able to copy etc.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipod/ipod_touch
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/
the proper forum for MacBook :
MacBook Series Forums
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks?view=discussions
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Mac OS X Forum
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
This forum deals with a desktop/tower 65lb Mac Pro
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro

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The steps in this article can help:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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