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David Carr Photography

Wedding photographer · Merivale, 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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David Carr Photography

Wedding photographer · Merivale, Christchurch

Where you stand#143of 194 photography businesses
Overall health2.6/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social6.5

Where we can help

02Reviews5.303Map positions4.008Opening hours3.605Facebook page3.301Google listing0.807Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

David Carr Photography is a Merivale, Christchurch photographer offering ceremony and portrait photography with a friendly, professional approach. Clients report comfortable, relaxed shoots and high-quality images, and the studio is known locally for capturing elopements and personal sessions with attention to making subjects feel at ease.

David Carr Photography is a Christchurch-based photography service located in Merivale. The practice focuses on capturing personal moments for clients in the city and surrounding area, working with small ceremonies and individual portrait sessions.

Services drawn from client accounts include elopement and ceremony photography plus portrait work. The photographer works on-location for intimate events and personal shoots, producing delivered images for clients to keep.

Clients consistently describe the experience as professional and friendly, noting the photographer makes people feel comfortable and relaxed during shoots. Reviews highlight that the final images meet expectations and that clients were happy to recommend the service.

Locally, David Carr Photography is identified by a calm, low-key approach to capturing ceremonies and portraits in Merivale and greater Christchurch. The combination of on-location work, a focus on client comfort, and positive client feedback are the practical features that define the service in the local area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

David Carr Photography shows a low overall Google Business Listing health score, with work needed on ownership, website link, description, photos and logo. The business has a solid base with complete address, a visible main image and a phone number, making it easy for potential clients to contact and locate the studio.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (4)
Wedding photographer · Merivale
Open 7 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

David Carr Photography shows an average overall health of 5.3 out of 10 on Google reviews, indicating room for improvement in engagement and volume though strong star ratings support trust. The main finding is a top 10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction, while there is no review response activity yet, which could erode trust over time.

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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
David Carr Photography
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5.0★★★★★4 reviews 3
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2How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #91 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

David Carr Photography shows a below-average health score of 4.0 out of 10 for Google Maps search performance. The business ranks well for several wedding and photography terms in Merivale, yet overall visibility remains limited. Top opportunities focus on strengthening aggregate maps results and boosting the borough presence to reach the local midpoint and beyond.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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wedding photographer
1Top three for "wedding photographer" in 1 suburb, seen in 3
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The Sparkes Photography Co.5.0 ★ (22) · Wedding photographer
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David Carr Photography25.0 ★ (4) · Wedding photographer
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Grey Area Productions5.0 ★ (53) · Wedding photographer
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Rami Baha Visuals5.0 ★ (34) · Wedding photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #116 for map positions
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Where customers find you

David Carr Photography shows a strong Facebook presence with a very high trust score, confirming solid social proof. Overall health stands at 4.8 out of 10, indicating room for growth in social and directory visibility. Key finding: Facebook is performing well; opportunities lie in expanding TikTok and Yellow profiles, and improving Yellow directory listings.

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

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramdavidcarrphotoDavid Carr Photography | Instagram✓
FacebookdavecarrtruckphotosDavid Carr Photography | Facebook✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #69 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    People following your pageYours is one of the largest local followings in this market.
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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 street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Where your page link pointsNothing in your page details points at a website, so a visitor who has read your posts and wants prices, hours or a booking form has nowhere to go next but back to search - where your competitors are waiting.
  • 2
    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
  • 3
    An email addressA customer who would rather put a request in writing at ten at night has only Messenger to work with, because the page carries no email address.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
davecarrtruckphotos✓
4.2K followers ✓
This page has been created to share the late Dave Carr's large collection of Truck photos.
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #131 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

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

Where we can help

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0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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David Carr PhotographyNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

David Carr Photography shows partial alignment with Christchurch demand: open during several evening and late-afternoon peaks but closed during notable Monday and Wednesday mid-day search spikes. Strongly aligned hours include Monday 5pm and Tuesday/Wednesday evenings at 6pm-8pm. Missed opportunities occur around Monday mid-day (11am-2pm) and Wednesday noon. Some late-night and early Saturday openings fall into low-demand windows and could be trimmed.

Strengths

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

Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
David Carr Photography
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday5pm-10pm
Tuesday5pm-10pm
Wednesday5pm-10pm
Thursday5pm-10pm
Friday5pm-10pm
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#143of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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