Having problems getting photos off iPhone so new iOS can be downloaded

I have a 16gb iPhone 4S and there is no memory left. For some reason I cannot get any of the photos off the phone. When I am in iTunes and I go to the photos tab I do now have the "Sync from iPhoto's" checked because I do not want to want to add the photos from iPhoto on my computer. Also all of the albums are unchecked so they should not be syncing. I am backing up on the cloud and that seems not to be the problem.

Really stuck here because it says I have 11.6 gb of photos on the phone and I really need to get most of it off so I can get all the updates I am missing.

Thanks for your help in advance.