How Metal Prints Are Actually Made: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at UV Inkjet Printing on Aluminum

How Metal Prints Are Actually Made: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at UV Inkjet Printing on Aluminum

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about output. Not in an obsessive way, just practically. You can nail the shot, dial in the edit, and then hand a JPEG to a lab that treats it like any other file. The print comes back fine. Not great. Fine. So when I started seeing photographers display work on metal panels at galleries and pop-up exhibitions, I got curious about what was actually happening in that process and whether it was something worth understanding even if you’re not planning a gallery show anytime soon.

5 Pieces of Photography Gear That Actually Earn Their Keep (And One Is Under $100 Used)

5 Pieces of Photography Gear That Actually Earn Their Keep (And One Is Under $100 Used)

I’ll be straight with you: I’m suspicious of gear lists. Most of them are just wishlists dressed up as advice, full of $3,000 lenses that nobody asking the question can actually afford. So when I watched Adam’s recent video over at First Man Photography, I wasn’t expecting much. What I got instead was a genuinely honest breakdown of five things he’s actually used, not just unboxed, over the past year or more.