deryck van steenderen, also known as verse, is a professional commercial photographer based in cape town and johannesburg, south africa, working internationally. verse does advertising, commercial, editorial, advertorial, corporate and aerial stills, for automotive, car, celebrity, fashion, beauty, food, decor, garden, lifestyle, people, portrait, campaign,  tv, tvc, television, commercials, performing arts, music, wine, bottle, whisky, fine art,  helicopter, digital, africa, african, soccer, 2010, football, musician, performer, dancer, singer, band, ballet, modern, comedienne, architecture, interior, product, travel, feature, assignment, environmental, environment, brochure, catalogue, adventure, sport, action, adrenaline, landscape and creative photography shoots. apart from being a photographic tutor and instructor deryck is also a part time teacher and lecturer at the stellenbosch academy of design and photography.