Why do I have photos taking up space

I am tryin to sync my iPhone but its saying that I dont have enough space.  Looking at whats taking up alot of the space, it says "photos".  Yet I do not have anything ticked in the options to sync photos.  I have sync several times to ensure it was up to date, but still not luck.
Why on earth does it say I have so much space of photos when I am not syncing ANY photos?
Any advice?
Thanks

Ah yes I do.  Upon checking I realise that I have a heap of photos from Photo Stream.  Im confused though because most of which are from photos from within iPhoto.

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