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Angela Sutton Photography

Photographer · Mount Pleasant, 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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Angela Sutton Photography

Photographer · Mount Pleasant, Christchurch

Where you stand#88of 194 photography businesses
Overall health5.5/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Angela Sutton Photography is an NZIPP portrait-accredited photographer based in Mount Pleasant, Christchurch. The studio specialises in family and portrait work, offering sessions from pregnancy and newborn through to family portraits, plus business and actor headshots. Clients report a relaxed, welcoming studio experience and natural, comfortable images that capture personal moments.

Angela Sutton Photography is an NZIPP portrait-accredited studio located in Mount Pleasant, Christchurch. The practice focuses on portrait photography with an emphasis on family milestones and professional headshots.

Services include maternity, newborn and family portrait sessions alongside business and actor headshots. The studio describes itself as portrait-focused and offers shoots that cover the typical lifecycle from pregnancy to newborn to wider family portraits, as well as headshots for professional use.

Customers commonly describe feeling comfortable and relaxed during sessions, noting a friendly and welcoming atmosphere in the studio. Reviews mention natural-looking images and clients report enjoyable, low-pressure shoots; several comments reference a home-studio setting and the photographer's ability to put people at ease while producing consistent, well-received results.

Locally, Angela Sutton Photography is positioned as an accessible Mount Pleasant option for families and professionals seeking portrait work. The combination of NZIPP accreditation, a full range of family portrait options and available headshot services, together with the studio's informal, client-focused approach, defines the studio's practical offering for Christchurch clients.

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Your Google listing

Angela Sutton Photography shows a solid presence on Google Business Listings with a claimed profile, open status, and complete address plus a visible phone number. The health score sits at 4.3 out of 10, indicating room for improvement. Notable strengths include having a listing title and verified ownership, while opportunities focus on adding a website link and refining the description.

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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    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
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    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.7Room to grow
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5.0 ★★★★★ (8)
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From the business

NZIPP portrait accredited family photographer. Portraits from pregnancy to newborn to family. Business & actor headshots available also.

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Your reviews

Angela Sutton Photography shows a very healthy Google review profile with a 9.1 health score. The business has a top 10% star rating and strong engagement, reflected in a top-25% review response rate. The key takeaway is sustained high satisfaction and active owner engagement, with room to push further into the mid-to-upper quartiles for reviews and responses.

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.
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    Response rateYou answer virtually every review, which almost nobody in this market does, and the page reads as a business that is present.

Top two opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.7Strong
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Stephanie H.★★★★★ · a year ago

We loved our experience with Angela! It was our first time doing professional family photos and she made us feel so comfortable. Photos turned out fab and we couldn’t be happier!

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Thank you SO much for your lovely review - it was great shooting you guys - you made it too easy! x

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Sara B.★★★★★ · a year ago

Angela has taken my headshots over a number of years. The results are always superb. Added to this she makes you feel comfortable and the whole process was fun.

Response from the owner

Thanks so much for the great review, Sara! Always so much fun taking your photos! :)

Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

The Maps search health for Angela Sutton Photography sits at 6.8 out of 10, indicating above-average visibility with room to grow. Top findings show strong ranking for keywords tied to Mount Pleasant and Redcliffs, including "photographer in mount pleasant" and "portrait studio in mount pleasant." Continued gains in aggregate and borough scores could broaden local reach.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.8Good
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1Top three for "photography service" in 2 suburbs, seen in 5
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Angela Sutton Photography25.0 ★ (8) · Photographer
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Agnes Grace Photo & Film5.0 ★ (22) · Photographer
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Jo Grams Photographer5.0 ★ (3) · Photographer
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Jemma Mitchell Photography5.0 ★ (17) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #63 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The health of Angela Sutton Photography's citations and social presence is very high, reflecting strong visibility on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, with credible profiles that support trust among potential clients. The top two findings are: 1) Instagram and Facebook profiles have very high trust and established branding, indicating solid reach and engagement; 2) LinkedIn presence exists but could be better integrated with the business branding to boost credibility.

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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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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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.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly 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 5 of them.
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LinkedInangela-sutton-7b6aa414Angela Sutton Photography | LinkedIn
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #54 for listings and social
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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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    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.
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    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
  • 3
    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.7Strong
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Angela Sutton Photography shows a low overall health score for on-page SEO, at 2.4 out of 10. The most notable findings are gaps in meta description and title tag for the homepage, and the absence of a favicon. Addressing these should improve click-through potential and search visibility, while a baseline on-page SEO structure is established.

Strengths

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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.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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How people find you on Google

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Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
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You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Angela Sutton Photography shows good alignment across several weekday midday slots but also misses many popular windows. The studio is open during Monday late-morning and early-afternoon peaks (11am-2pm) and Thursday 11am, matching local search demand. However, several high-demand slots - notably Wednesday midday and evenings and Monday/Tuesday late afternoons - are closed. A couple of Friday afternoon hours are open despite lower demand.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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Angela Sutton Photography
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Hours 1
Monday9am-4pm
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
Thursday9am-4pm
Friday9am-4pm
Saturday12pm-4pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#88of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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