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 struggling, photography, hate, photo, and worst, 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
: "Taking lots of photos but idk why"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Photography Monitor reccomendations?"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Another photographer watermarked my photo as theirs"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "FUN Photography activities/projects for school?"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Freelance to Corporate?"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Introducing The New D Project by Tj Belfiore"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/photography
#1
Struggling
44 posts
#2
Photography
30 posts
#3
Hate
16 posts
#4
Photo
: "What are Photographers I should look as a beginner?"
13 posts
#5
Worst
8 posts
#6
Hard Time
7 posts
#7
Clients
4 posts
#8
Tired
4 posts
#9
Camera
: "Advice on giving my Camera an asigmatism?"
4 posts
#10
Gear
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/photography
Flair Used in r/photography
#1
Technique
: "I got the cops called on me for doing Street Photography, here's what I learned."
26 posts
#2
Business
: "Another photographer watermarked my photo as theirs"
24 posts
#3
Gear
: "I found this documentary on how are lens are made."
13 posts
#4
Art
: "Taking lots of photos but idk why"
13 posts
#5
Post Processing
: "At what screen brightness do you edit?"
11 posts
#6
Community
: "Self-Promotion Sunday August 30, 2026"
5 posts
#7
Questions Thread
: "Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! August 28, 2026"
1 post
#8
Announcement
: "[Photoclass] Unit 5: The Decision Process"
1 post
Member Growth in r/photography
Yearly
+139k members(2.5%)
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Last updated: September 1, 2026