r/photography is a subreddit with 5.6M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses photography, struggling, hate, worst, and hard time, 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
Solution Requests
: "Camera (or photo service) that can automatically send photos to customers?"
6 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I am now the official keeper of my family's entire printed photo collection from 1942 to 2026. All 23 big boxes, over 300 pounds... what can I do to preserve and possibly digitize all of them?"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I'm having an artistic identity crisis as a photographer"
5 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I got a client!"
4 posts
#5
Ideas
: "What do you think about this idea? Avoiding compression by streaming full-resolution images (featured on PetaPixel)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/photography
#1
Photography
: "Stay Away from MONAD Photography Galleries"
178 posts
#2
Struggling
45 posts
#3
Hate
17 posts
#4
Worst
8 posts
#5
Hard Time
7 posts
#6
Gear
: "Sister's main wedding photographer backed out. Equipment advice?"
6 posts
#7
Editing
6 posts
#8
Printing
: "I wanted to print 14 years of photos from my daughter's life. 1,700 photos, as one book. I found out that I had to build my own service. Feel free to use."
6 posts
#9
Clients
4 posts
#10
Tired
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/photography
Flair Used in r/photography
#1
Technique
: "For years I've thought my photos were just not crisp enough. Turns out I just have Astigmatism"
58 posts
#2
Business
: "Photographer Can Use My Baby’s Photos for Marketing, But We Can’t Get the Files Without Paying $3,500"
55 posts
#3
Gear
: "What is the real purpose of very high megapixel Hasselblad cameras?"
28 posts
#4
Art
: "Current perceptions of male street photograhers."
25 posts
#5
Post Processing
: "Darktable 5.6.0 Released!"
14 posts
#6
Community
: "Self-Promotion Sunday June 14, 2026"
12 posts
#7
Questions Thread
: "Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! June 26, 2026"
4 posts
#8
Announcement
: "[Reminder] Photoclass 2026 starts up again next week!"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/photography
Yearly
+132k members(2.4%)
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Last updated: July 15, 2026