r/photography is a subreddit with 5.6M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses photography, struggling, editing, hate, and photos, and they frequently recommend/review film slr, dslr, and tripod.
/r/photography is a place to politely discuss the tools, technique, art and culture of photography and to post topics that would be of interest to other photographers.
Popular Themes in r/photography
#1
Advice Requests
: "Feeling like I’m being price gouged. Need advice"
15 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Recovery of old and faded photos (no negatives available): besides Photoshop work, are there other ways?"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "The standard of editing for diverse skin tones in school group photos is incredibly frustrating."
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Finding people to join photography project!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/photography
#1
Photography
: "I’ve been doing Photography “wrong” for years and just found out, now I'm not sure what to do."
173 posts
#2
Struggling
53 posts
#3
Editing
: "The standard of Editing for diverse skin tones in school group photos is incredibly frustrating."
24 posts
#4
Hate
17 posts
#5
Photos
: "Using a DSLR and Darktable to digitize old Photos - Advice please"
15 posts
#6
Advice
: "Feeling like I’m being price gouged. Need Advice"
10 posts
#7
Gear
: "Made a costly mistake with a client's grad photos; lost half the photos — seeking advice"
9 posts
#8
Equipment
: "Selling old Equipment"
9 posts
#9
Worst
8 posts
#10
Hard Time
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/photography
Flair Used in r/photography
#1
Business
: "NatGeo wants to use my images for an online article. They aren't paying me for the images, the writer is compensating me from what they are giving him"
59 posts
#2
Technique
: "I’ve been doing photography “wrong” for years and just found out, now I'm not sure what to do."
54 posts
#3
Gear
: "Datacolor "Final Notice" for Spyder5 and earlier display calibrators, with software activation and support ending 19. July 2026"
27 posts
#4
Art
: "Legit photographs got removed from for being “AI-generated""
25 posts
#5
Community
: "Self-Promotion Sunday June 07, 2026"
16 posts
#6
Post Processing
: "The standard of editing for diverse skin tones in school group photos is incredibly frustrating."
11 posts
#7
Questions Thread
: "Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! June 05, 2026"
4 posts
#8
Announcement
: "[Announcement] Photoclass 2026 Cohort 2 starts July 1st!"
1 post
Member Growth in r/photography
Yearly
+127k members(2.3%)
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Last updated: June 17, 2026