r/photography is a subreddit with 5.6M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, 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
Advice Requests
: "Heads up for anyone traveling to Norway with undeveloped film rolls."
14 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Big Magazine canceled on me after seeing the RAWs. How can I handle this situation?"
4 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "That one time Adorama mispriced their CFexpress cards."
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/photography
#1
Photography
: "What are your favorite landscape Photography photo books?"
52 posts
#2
Struggling
45 posts
#3
Hate
17 posts
#4
Worst
8 posts
#5
Hard Time
7 posts
#6
Photographer
: "Dog Photographer Loses Copyright Case Over AI-Generated Comic Version of Her Image"
6 posts
#7
Clients
4 posts
#8
Tired
4 posts
#9
Looking For A Photo
4 posts
#10
Camera
: "Smaller Cameras make me a better photographer"
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/photography
Flair Used in r/photography
#1
Business
: "I’ve been asked to delete photos from a sporting event. UK. How would you respond?"
36 posts
#2
Technique
: "This is a little long-winded, but photographers may find it useful."
30 posts
#3
Art
: "Dog Photographer Loses Copyright Case Over AI-Generated Comic Version of Her Image"
28 posts
#4
Gear
: "Today I experienced why pro photographers say to always have a backup…"
24 posts
#5
Post Processing
: "Testing RAW editors while trying to leave Adobe—here are my benchmark results"
13 posts
#6
Community
: "Salty Saturday July 25, 2026"
7 posts
#7
AMA
: "Hi Reddit, I'm Andriy Dubchak and this is my AMA. I'm here to answer your questions about being a war correspondent, about photography, about Ukraine... ask me anything!"
1 post
#8
Questions Thread
: "Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! July 31, 2026"
1 post
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Yearly
+133k members(2.4%)
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Last updated: August 3, 2026