2012 | PDN EDITORIAL CALENDAR
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| JAN | Careers and Self-Promotion Issue The strategies and useful tools photographers are using to promote their work, reach new clients, and expand their customer base. Managing Your Image: The Best Web Services for Promoting Your Work Contest: Ultimate Music Moment//PhotoSource Guide: Focus on Weddings //ASMP | 10/24/11 | 10/28/11 | 11/21/11 | 12/13/11 |
| FEB | The Portrait Issue Techniques of leading portrait photographers, plus a look at legal and business issues portrait photographers need to know. Product Round-up Stunning Lenses Contest: The Shot sports photography contest Emerging Photographer | 11/28/11 | 12/2/11 | 12/27/11 | 1/17/12 |
| MAR | The DIY Issue How to do anything better: Tips for self-publishing books, customizing their gear, putting on exhibits, repping and licensing their own images, building better promotional vehicles, and more. Product Round-up: Accessorize This: Photo Accessories You Can’t Live Without // Contest: World in Focus // PDNedu | 12/30/11 | 1/6/12 | 1/24/12 | 2/14/12 |
| APR | PDN 30 PDN editors choose 30 new and emerging photographers to watch. Including: How to transition from assistant to full-time pro. Product Round-up: The Best Photo Software: From iPhone Apps to Photo Editing Tools. | 1/30/12 | 2/3/12 | 2/21/12 | 3/13/12 |
| MAY | The Wedding and Events Issue PDN’s in-depth look at the leading practitioners of this genre, including their techniques, marketing strategies and business advice. Product Round-Up Ten Products You Need Now to Add HD Video to Your Business. // Contest: Top Knots, The New School of Wedding Photography | 2/27/12 | 3/2/12 | 3/27/12 | 4/17/12 |
| JUN | The Photo Annual PDN’s biggest issue of the year: Our juried competition of the year’s best photography, multimedia and video, plus a look at the industry’s innovative clients and leaders. Product Round-Up Cameras That Rock // Contest: Photo Annual //ASMP | 4/2/12 | 4/6/12 | 4/24/12 | 5/15/12 |
| JUL | The Fine-Art Photo Market PDN’s guide to selling prints, reaching collectors and finding your place in the gallery world. Product Round-up: Inkjet Papers You Should Know About Contest: The Curator | 4/30/12 | 05/4/12 | 5/29/12 | 6/19/12 |
| AUG | Location and Travel Photography Everything you need to know when shooting away from home, including lighting, storage, transportation, managing your workflow. Product Round-Up In the Bag: The Latest and Great Bags & Cases. // Contest: The Great Outdoors // Guide: Outdoor Photo Expo Show Guide | 5/30/12 | 6/6/12 | 6/26/12 | 07/17/12 |
| SEPT | Lighting Advice and case studies to help photographers make their mark in the most influential field photography. Product Round-Up Hot Lighting Accessories // Contest: Faces // PDNedu | 6/28/12 | 7/5/12 | 7/24/12 | 8/14/12 |
| OCT | New Media, New Platforms Inventive new ways that photographers are shooting, displaying and delivering photography, multimedia, and video. Product Round-Up: Going Mobile: Tablets and Smartphones. Contest: The Look // Guide: Studio + Equipment // Emerging Photographer | 7/26/12 | 8/2/12 | 8/21/12 | 9/11/12 |
| NOV | The Photo Community Issue Resources for education, collaboration, mentorship and sharing of best business practices for today’s photographers. Product Round-Up: Studio and Business software // Contest: Objects of Desire This issue is distributed at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo in addition the PhotoPlus Show Guide in October | 8/27/12 | 8/31/12 | 8/25/12 | 10/16/12 |
| DEC | Photography’s Top Tastemakers The must-read issue on who photographers need to reach, featuring profiles on the most influential clients, publishers, collectors, curators, gallery owners chosen by PDN’s readers and editors. Product Round-Up: What’s New in Medium Format? // Contest: The Scene | 9/27/12 | 10/4/12 | 10/23/12 | 11/13/12 |