Free downloads for better planning, better files, and a repeatable workflow
Each new YouTube release comes with a matching 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. You’ll find the latest featured download, plus an archive of past releases. These tools are designed to improve planning, simplify settings decisions, and help you build a repeatable field-to-edit workflow.
Each new video release 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 right now.
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.
Latest download
The featured download tied to the most recent YouTube release.
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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Up next
What I’m covering in the next video (subject to weather, travel, and time).
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 downloads live here. (Add cards as you publish each video.)
When you publish a new download, move the previous “Latest download” into the archive and keep the newest at the top.
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 release to release.
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.