Hi there-I don't know how many pictures you have, but have you consider using an app like Dropbox? You can have it both of your laptop and your iPad and share pics that way.
Another way is to email the pics to yourself. From there open the attachment and than save to your photo app.
There are plenty of options to get your photos on to your iPad. I have only mentioned a few! Hope that helped!
i use Dropbox, it is great and easy to use.
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