okay what i do is every new year, I put all the photos from the previous year onto a hard drive (two, actually) and remove them from my icloud. I do this because a) apple cloud storage makes me feel like a digital serf and b) i think that having photos of the past 5-10 years of your life so readily accessible is kind of detrimental, it lets you look back yes but also robs you of the ability to forget! How can you evolve as a person if you're constantly able to dwell on the past with such vivid clarity. I found the camera roll did more harm then good, i'd recommend trying it out