How can I transfer photos from my iPad to an external hard drive?

[iMore Question]

I have 10 gb of photos stored on my iPad . How can I free up that space by moving them to an external hard drive? I don't know if the cloud is the answer for me, it seems much easier to have them on a thumb drive to store forever. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

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Wouldn't you first have to transfer them from your iPad to a PC, then from the PC to the external hard drive?