Free downloads for better planning, better files, and a repeatable workflow
One new YouTube video each week = one featured download here. Everything is built to reduce guesswork on-location (especially coastal seascapes + night technique) and help you build habits you can repeat.
Quick summary
This page collects Dylan Knight Photography’s free checklists and workflows referenced in YouTube videos. Each week you’ll find one featured download, plus an archive of past weeks. These tools are designed to improve planning, simplify settings decisions, and help you build a repeatable field-to-edit workflow.
Each new video gets a matching checklist/workflow so you can apply it immediately.
Missed one? Scroll to the archive and grab it anytime.
Planning, long exposures, night focus routines, and cleaner Lightroom-first editing habits.
How it works
Pick the download, get the link, then use it in the field and in your edit.
Choose the checklist/workflow that matches what you’re shooting this week.
Enter your email and the download link lands in your inbox.
Follow the steps in the field, then refine the file with the matching edit checkpoints.
Want the coached version (with in-field feedback + editing labs)? See workshop dates.
This week’s download
One featured download tied to the latest YouTube video.
Workshop Page Checklist (9 blocks)
The exact 9-section structure we use to make workshop pages easier to scan, easier to trust, and easier to book — including Answer-first summary, Key details, Plan B, gear, FAQs, and schema notes.
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Coming next
A simple placeholder sets the weekly cadence (and gives people a reason to come back).
Coastal conditions read (tide + swell + wind + access)
A “Plan A / Plan B” decision flow for safer positioning and better timing on headlands.
Download archive
Past weekly downloads live here. (Add cards as you publish each week.)
When you publish week 2, move week 1 here and keep the latest in “This week’s download”.
Keep each description short: what it helps with + when to use it.
Optional: include the matching YouTube video link for context.
Want a workshop-specific version of these workflows (with on-location coaching)? See workshops.
Evergreen tools (coming soon)
These will be the “use-anytime” downloads that don’t change week to week.
A simple setup flow for stability, shutter decisions, and cleaner files in coastal conditions.
A reusable night focus + high-ISO baseline routine you can apply anywhere (conditions permitting).
A practical Lightroom-first flow for natural-looking results, plus “when to use Photoshop” checkpoints.
FAQs
Quick answers to the common questions.