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 struggling, photography, 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
: "Help! Trying to find a specific website for reference images."
2 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Looking for advice on how to best print Aurora Borealis photos"
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "What do you think about this app idea?"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Am I being underpaid or is this normal? (Calgary, Canada)"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Hello photographers! I’m building a photo sharing platform and am in need of testers."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/photography
#1
Struggling
45 posts
#2
Photography
33 posts
#3
Hate
17 posts
#4
Worst
8 posts
#5
Hard Time
7 posts
#6
Clients
4 posts
#7
Tired
4 posts
#8
Looking For A Photo
4 posts
#9
Looking For A Specific
3 posts
#10
Gear
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/photography
Flair Used in r/photography
#1
Technique
: "Event bag/camera policies have gotten wild."
17 posts
#2
Business
: "Client requests all Raw Files"
14 posts
#3
Gear
: "Travel advice?"
8 posts
#4
Art
: "Photo Of Black Woman Surrounded By White Nationalists On DC Metro For July 4th March Goes Viral—And It Speaks Volumes"
8 posts
#5
Post Processing
: "Made a free keyboard-driven photo culling tool because I couldn't find similar one that justify paying for — would love feedback from people who actually cull a lot"
4 posts
#6
Community
: "Salty Saturday July 04, 2026"
3 posts
#7
Questions Thread
: "Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! July 03, 2026"
1 post
Member Growth in r/photography
Yearly
+131k members(2.4%)
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Last updated: July 6, 2026