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Hillary K Photography

Photography service · North Beach, 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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Hillary K Photography

Photography service · North Beach, Christchurch

Where you stand#90of 194 photography businesses
Overall health5.4/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Hillary K Photography is a Christchurch-based photography service operating from North New Brighton. Hillary K specialises in product photography, corporate headshots, weddings, engagements, portraits and events. She describes herself as a creative who aims to deliver unique, striking imagery to meet clients' personal and business needs, with a friendly, client-focused approach.

Hillary K Photography is a Christchurch photography studio based in North New Brighton. Hillary K offers a range of services across product photography, corporate headshots, weddings, engagements, portraits and event coverage.

Services include studio and on-location shoots for commercial product work, professional headshots for business use, and full coverage for weddings and engagement sessions. Portraits and event photography are also listed, with an emphasis on creating imagery that fulfils personal or business needs as stated in the business description.

Customer reviews consistently note a friendly, reassuring manner that helps people feel comfortable in front of the camera. Reviewers also report that Hillary often goes the extra mile, and several comments highlight satisfaction with the final images, describing them as striking or deserving pride of place at home. Repeat recommendations and praise for the client experience appear across multiple reviews.

Locally, Hillary K Photography is positioned as a versatile Christchurch photographer serving both private and commercial clients from North New Brighton. The combination of a broad service list, a client-centred approach that eases nerves during shoots, and consistently positive review themes are practical ways the studio stands out to customers in the area.

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Your Google listing

Hillary K Photography shows a strong Google Business Listing health with a score of 8.3 out of 10. The listing is claimed, has a website link and phone number, and clearly displays open status and a listing title. The most impactful findings are strong basic information and consistent availability, while opportunities lie in expanding the description and adding fresh photos to reach local midpoints.

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 two opportunities

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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
7.8Good
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5.0 ★★★★★ (5)
Photography service · North Beach
Open 6 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Hello I'm Hillary k, a local Christchurch photographer who specialised in product photography, corporate headshots, weddings, engagements, portraits and events. I'm a creative at heart who loves to help my clients with unique and striking imagery that fulfils their personal and business needs.

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Your reviews

Hilllary K Photography shows a strong Google Business health with a score of 8.1 out of 10. Overall health indicates solid performance and room to advance. The top achievement is a stellar star rating placing the business in the top 10% for customer satisfaction. Key opportunities focus on growing reviews, improving listing confidence, and enhancing response rates to reviews.

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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    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.
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    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
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Anna V.★★★★★ · 6 months ago

We had the absolute honour of having Hillary take our wedding photos in April 2025. Being super uncomfortable in front of the camera I couldn’t have asked for a better photographer. Hillary made us feel totally at ease and the photos are no...

Response from the owner3

Hi Anna, Thank you so much for your kind words! It was an absolute pleasure photographing you and your husband. I truly appreciate you trusting me with your special moments, and I couldn't have ask...

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Antoine D.★★★★★ · Edited 11 months ago

Great photographer, I recommend

Response from the owner

Thank you Antoine! It was lovely to meet and photograph you and your family.

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

Hillary K Photography shows very strong Google Maps health, scoring 9.2 out of 10, indicating high local visibility. The top opportunities focus on maintaining this strength and nudging into the top 10% by refining the Google Business Listing. Notably, there is excellent performance for suburb-specific searches, with top-25% results already achieved.

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 nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
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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.
8.3Strong
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1Top three for "photography studio" in 5 suburbs, seen in 11
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Portraits & Caricatures5.0 ★ (1) · Photography service
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Hillary K Photography25.0 ★ (5) · Photography service
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Soul Creative Studio5.0 ★ (77) · Photography service
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Number Nine Photography0.0 ★ (0) · Photography service
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #34 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The overall health is moderate, reflecting a balanced online presence with strong Facebook and LinkedIn profiles but gaps in platforms like TikTok and Yellow Pages. The most important finding is a very high trust Facebook profile and a LinkedIn presence, while potential growth exists in TikTok and directory listings to improve discoverability for hillary k photography.

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.
7.3Good
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FacebookhillarykphotographyHillary K Photography | Facebook✓
Instagramhillary_k_photographyHillary K Photography | Instagram✓
LinkedInhillary-mcoscarHillary K Photography | LinkedIn
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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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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    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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    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.4Room to grow
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Hillary k is a Christchurch based photographer specialising in e-commerce, editorial and product photography. She also photographs weddings, interiors and shoots commercially for local business around...
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Hillary K Photography shows a low overall On-Page SEO health score of 2.6 out of 10. The top findings indicate missing meta description and title tag on the homepage, and no valid favicon, with a need to improve the page structure and content balance.

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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    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.
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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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Hilllary K Photography's website shows below-average traffic health (3.5/10) with limited organic and paid activity. The top opportunities focus on building organic value and initial paid efforts. Key takeaways: organic traffic value is near zero and no organic SERP presence, while paid traffic shows no clear spend. Implement targeted content and small paid tests.

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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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Hillary K Photography's opening hours largely align with city demand, especially midday on weekdays. Strong alignment shows Monday late morning and early afternoon, plus Wednesday lunchtime, matching popular search times. Missed opportunities occur on weeknights-Tuesday and Wednesday evenings-when demand remains high but the business is closed. A few Friday and Saturday afternoon hours are open despite lower local interest, suggesting scope to reallocate time to busier windows.

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.
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Hillary K Photography
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5:30pm
Tuesday9am-5:30pm
Wednesday9am-5:30pm
Thursday9am-5:30pm
Friday9am-5:30pm
Saturday9am-5pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · North Beach
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02Reviews3 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#90of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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