hi bigmikey8806!
Looks like this is what's going on with your iPod iPod Displays a Red "X" Icon - Apple Support
either one of these options is going to erase it, so if you really want to get the photos back it might worth a shot to check out data recovery services.
Just a heads up, data recovery services are offered by a lot of different companies (apple is not one of them). If there's a way to do it, they'll know how.
- fair warning, the price tag on those services can sometimes be pretty high.
Hope this helps, mate!