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Lightworkx Photography

Photography studio · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Lightworkx Photography

Photography studio · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#31of 194 photography businesses
Overall health8.4/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Lightworkx Photography is a commercial and advertising studio based in Christchurch CBD specialising in fashion, lifestyle, corporate portrait, product, industrial, automotive and content creation. The studio offers both in-studio and on-location shoots and aims to produce functional imagery for print, web and social channels. Clients note professional service and a relaxed, collaborative shoot experience.

Lightworkx Photography is a commercial and advertising photography studio located in Christchurch CBD. The studio presents work across fashion, lifestyle, corporate portrait, product, industrial and automotive photography, and operates both in-studio and on location to meet varied project needs.

Services cover advertising and commercial campaigns as well as content creation for print, web and social channels. The studio highlights experience in producing imagery for marketing use and lists specialisms including fashion, corporate portraiture, product photography and automotive shoots.

Clients report a professional, caring approach and say sessions feel relaxed and collaborative. Reviews describe a smooth experience where customers felt comfortable during preparation and shoots, with the team delivering the requested images and added value. Comments reference good service and enjoyable sessions, suggesting the studio focuses on client experience as well as technical quality.

Locally, Lightworkx positions itself as an experienced commercial studio in Christchurch CBD capable of handling studio and location work for businesses needing marketing imagery. The combination of specialised commercial services, experience across multiple photography categories and consistent client feedback about professionalism and a relaxed shoot environment helps define how the studio is experienced by clients in the region.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Lightworkx Photography shows an above-average overall health for its Google Business Listing, with a 6.9 out of 10. The business benefits from a verified listing with a website link, a visible phone number and a claimed status. Key strengths include a functioning listing title and open-for-business status, while opportunities lie in adding a logo and expanding photos.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
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    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
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    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.2Room to grow
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5.0 ★★★★★ (10)
Photography studio · Christchurch Centre3
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From the business

As Christchurch's most experienced and awarded Commercial and Advertising photographers we excel in the studio as well as out on location. We specialise in Fashion, lifestyle, corporate portrait, product, industrial, automotive, content creation. We exist to help you exceed your requirements when it comes to creating functional and effective imagery for any of your marketing requirements be it print based, web based, digital, social etc. We have the experience as well as technical/creative know how to realise your vision and ideas. 'If you can dream it, we can create it!'

Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your reviews

Lightworkx Photography shows above-average Google Business health with a 6.2/10 score. The most notable finding is a top 10% star rating, indicating high customer satisfaction. However, there is no response to any reviews yet, which may affect perceived engagement with clients.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
6.3Good
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #72 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Lightworkx Photography shows a very high health score in Google Maps search, indicating strong overall visibility. The top finding is excellent aggregate performance across the broader region, with continued updates likely to yield modest gains. Also notable is the strong suburb performance within Christchurch CBD, suggesting solid local visibility and a foundation to push toward the top decile with listing refinements.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.6Strong
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✓Top three for "photography studio" in 5 suburbs, seen in 67
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Soul Creative Studio5.0 ★ (77) · Photography studio
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Lightworkx Photography15.0 ★ (10) · Photography studio
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BIG SKY Studio5.0 ★ (1) · Photography studio
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Photosynthesis5.0 ★ (26) · Photography studio
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #8 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Lightworkx Photography shows low overall health for citations and social presence with a score of 2.6/10. The strongest asset is Facebook, with a very high trust score, and there is an existing Neighbourly directory presence. Key opportunities include starting a TikTok account, updating Yellow and Fresha profiles, and claiming a Neighbourly profile to boost local visibility and reach.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/lightworkx-photography-christchurch) found via: Google search results.
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    ServiceFinder ProfileWe can see your ServiceFinder Profile listing (https://servicefinder.co.nz/Lightworkx-Photography-209779) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.5Room to grow
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ServiceFinderLightworkx-Photography-209779Lightworkx Photography | ServiceFinder✓
LinkedIndiederik-van-heyningen-a1a41010Lightworkx Photography | LinkedIn
Neighbourlyphotographers/canterbury-region/christchurch/christchurch-centralLightworkx Photography | Neighbourly
FacebooklwxnzLightworkx Photography | Facebook✓
InstagramlightchasersnzLightworkx Photography | Instagram1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #127 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
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    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.2Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #113 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Lightworkx Photography shows a solid on-page SEO health with a score of 8.5 out of 10. Strengths include a valid favicon, clear H1 tag, no render-blocking resources, a relevant title tag, and a compact page size under 256KB. The main opportunity is to improve technical elements to climb out of the bottom quartile and address slow load times.

Strengths

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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than almost any business in this market.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
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    Page titleThe length of your headline is near enough now that most of it survives in a search result.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Lightworkx Photography shows a solid website traffic health score with room to improve paid and organic velocity. The notable findings are that paid traffic is not yet measured or spent, and organic traffic value sits mid-range but can be boosted with content refinement and link-building.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Lightworkx Photography's published hours largely match weekday midday demand, with strong alignment around Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday midday. However several popular evening windows are closed - notably Tuesday and Wednesday 8pm and Monday and Friday late afternoons - while a small number of open hours on Tuesday mornings and Friday early afternoons coincide with low demand. Adjusting a few evening slots could improve commercial return.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
5.6Room to grow
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Lightworkx Photography
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #86 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#31of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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