Q: Is there a way to just connect my phone to my laptop and drag and drop the photos onto my laptop?

i just recently updated my laptop to yosemite and i'm looking for a way to quickly upload all my photos onto my laptop so i can clean out space on my phone.  i'm seeing that i can use air drop, but is there a better way?  i just want to drag and drop them all onto my laptop like i was able to do before... please help!