Built for operators who want to run properly.
CLC helps small commercial operators navigate permits, risk documentation, insurance requirements and authority pathways for paid activities on public land. Built from real photography workshop operations across council land, national parks, reserves and protected areas.
The moment you charge for a service on managed land, the rules change completely.
National parks, reserves, council land — every jurisdiction has its own permit system, safety requirements, fee structure, and renewal cycle. A coastal photography workshop in Queensland, a guided hike in Tasmania, and a tour through a New Zealand national park are three entirely separate compliance projects.
Most operators are either winging it and hoping nothing goes wrong, or they've given up before they started. Neither is a good outcome.
What a compliant operator has to manage
CLC solves the compliance side so you can focus on what you're actually good at.
Three things. Done properly.
Compliance consulting
Permit and licence applications, safety plan development, authority liaison, and documentation systems — across QPWS, Parks Tasmania, Parks Australia, DOC New Zealand, WA DBCA, local councils and related public-land authorities. We've done this work for ourselves, from scratch, across five jurisdictions. Now it's available as a service for any outdoor commercial operator.
Digital products
Permit templates, safety plan frameworks, authority email guides, jurisdiction-specific checklists, and risk assessment tools. Built for operators who want to do the work themselves but need a proven starting point. Not written by lawyers — written by an operator who's been through the process and come out the other side.
Workshops
Small-group landscape, seascape, and astrophotography workshops across Australia and New Zealand — operated by Dylan Knight Photography to the CLC standard. Fully permitted, professionally run, mentorship-led. The compliance backbone CLC was built on is the same backbone that runs every workshop in the network.
For small operators using public land.
Photography is where CLC was built. The same permit, risk and authority problems affect many small operators running paid activities on managed land.
If your activity needs a commercial permit, licence, authority approval or risk documentation before you can operate, CLC exists for you.
- Photography workshop and tour operatorsCommercial shoots, tuition, tours and workshops across national parks, reserves, council land and managed coastal areas.
- Guided hiking and walking operatorsDay walks, overnight trips and small-group trail experiences in managed public spaces.
- Nature-based tourism operatorsSmall tourism experiences using parks, forests, reserves, protected areas and public recreation sites.
- Outdoor wellness and fitness operatorsYoga, retreats, bootcamps and wellness activities that rely on council or managed public land.
- Eco-tourism and wildlife operatorsNature, birdwatching, wildlife and environmental experiences in conservation or protected areas.
- Small commercial tour operatorsOperators who need help understanding which authority, permit type, documentation pack and operating conditions apply.
Real permits. Real approvals. No fabricated case studies.
The examples below show permits, licences, approvals and application pathways CLC has personally built or navigated through Dylan Knight Photography. This is the methodology CLC brings to client engagements.
Small-group. Fully permitted. Properly run.
Landscape, seascape, and astrophotography workshops across Australia and New Zealand — operated by Dylan Knight Photography to the CLC standard. Every location is permitted, every session is planned around real conditions, and every participant gets mentorship-led instruction in a group small enough to actually learn in.
Upcoming workshops
Dylan Knight
Founder · Chasing Light CollectiveI'm a Sunshine Coast–based landscape and astrophotography specialist who built all of this compliance infrastructure for my own photography business — and got tired of watching great operators get buried in red tape or give up before they started.
Life's too short and too hard for that. If you've got real talent and you want to take people into the field and share what you know, the compliance system shouldn't be the thing that stops you. That's the problem CLC exists to fix.
Every permit, safety plan and risk assessment in the CLC track record was built for real commercial operations and reviewed through genuine authority processes, permit conditions, insurer requirements and external safety audit pathways.
- Certified Professional Photographer (CPP, PPAQ)
- Nikon School Australia lecturer
- Authorised reseller — NiSi Filters + Leofoto Tripods
- $20M public liability coverage maintained for commercial workshop operations
- Permits held across QLD · TAS · NT · WA · NZ
- Safety documentation reviewed through an external ISO 45001-aligned audit pathway for NZ DOC preparation
Ready to run your operation properly?
Start with one activity, one location and one authority pathway. We'll map what applies before you spend weeks guessing.