School Marketing, Education & Commercial Photographer | Brighton & Sussex
Vervate is now Liz Finlayson Photography – Same professional service, new look website.
Delivering reliable, high quality photography across, education, school marketing, commercial, charity and event work. I work closely with clients to create strong, purposeful imagery for websites, marketing, communications and prospectus use across Brighton, Hove, Sussex, London and the South East.
- Education photography – Including school prospectus photography, event coverage, staff portraits tailored for school websites, prospectuses and social media channels.This supports both school marketing and wider education photography needs.
- Commercial and business photography – Professional storytelling photography that showcases products and services to bring your brand to life.
- Charity and Event photography – Drawing on years of press photography experience to capture authentic moments for campaigns, press releases, and social media and events.
- Construction photography – Working with large and small contractors to highlight the quality of your work and capabilities to prospective clients.
- Sports photography – Covering Brighton and Hove Albion home games and a variety of professional and school sporting events locally.
Looking to discuss a new project? Whether it’s updated imagery for a school prospectus, education photography throughout Brighton and Sussex, new headshots or coverage for a sporting event, I’m happy to talk through the best approach for your shoot. Get in touch today for a tailored quote.

Anja McLean
16:07 21 Jan 25
I’ve used Liz a few times now for photography jobs at the Arch GP surgery and events we run and she’s always been excellent. She understands the brief each time, delivers plenty of high quality photos within a short turn around time, and we’ve had lots of positive comments from the staff, patients and event attendees she’s photographed. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Liz, she’s fantastic to work with.

Worth Abbey
11:05 09 Jan 25
Liz approaches her work as a photographer in a very professional manner . She meticulously plans and prepares for the shoot in advance which is very helpful. She is flexible, hard working and very good to work with. Her results are fantastic; she produces wonderful photography. I would highly recommend her.

Abby Dennison
14:55 04 Dec 24
Liz is a delight to work with. She’s professional, friendly, efficient and fundamentally, a top tier photographer.

Robert Garrett
16:01 08 Oct 24
Liz is fantastic to work with. We always get the shots we’re looking for and she make the process fun and enjoyable.

Rachael Cox
06:07 17 Aug 24
I have worked with Liz for seven years across two schools where I have been the Head. She has provided us with both outstanding photography and levels of service. Capturing the essence of a school’s ethos and culture in images is not easy, but Liz triumphs again and again. She is discreet and easy to work with. I highly recommend her services.

R Hug
12:04 07 Dec 22
Vervate did an amazing job on photos for the Green Mop website. Really captured the ethos of our company – friendly and professional. Liz worked with the team to help them relax and get excellent results. Vervate were efficient and flexible, and great value. Thank you.
Response from the owner 11:45 09 Dec 22
Thank you so much Green Mop! The website is looking fantastic and you are a great team to work with 🙂
LVSAscot
14:16 03 Aug 22
LVS Ascot have worked with Vervate for a number of years. Liz and Susi are a pleasure to work with, extremely professional, great communication throughout and produce great quality photographs that are always a massive hit! They are very accommodating and will help out wherever they can.
Response from the owner 14:38 03 Aug 22
Thank you so much, we really enjoy working with the team at LVS, always a pleasure.
FareShare Sussex & Surrey
09:23 02 Mar 22
Susi and the Vervate Team are legends! They helped us capture the best shots for raising awareness of our mission and engage more people to fight food poverty and tackle food waste. They have been very flexible and thoughtful considering the Covid-19 restrictions and precarious times. Susi was also very helpful to support the Fundraising and Communication Team professionally to build their skillset and network. Recommended 100%
Response from the owner 10:42 02 Mar 22
Thank you so much for your kind comments. So glad we were able to help your amazing work in some small way.
Tim Williams
13:28 20 Dec 21
Susi and the team were a dream to work with on a short project explainer video that had quite nuanced requirements and a tight turnaround. They were flexible, professional and excellent value. Recommend!
Response from the owner 13:46 20 Dec 21
Thank you so much Tim. We loved being part of such an incredible initiative.
Lynn Trapano
11:44 05 Nov 21
I can definitely recommend working with Vervate. I did give them quite a big brief to work on and Susi was brilliant at breaking it all down to ensure they captured all the elements I wanted for the project. The team are personable but professional which makes them easy to work with and they really do take the time to try and understand what you are looking for.
Response from the owner 11:41 08 Nov 21
Thank you for such a lovely review Lynn. We really enjoyed the project and working with you, as well as meeting so many fascinating people and visiting new places in our beautiful location.