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Lime Blue Photography

Photographer · Lincoln, 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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Lime Blue Photography

Photographer · Lincoln, Christchurch

Where you stand#51of 194 photography businesses
Overall health7.4/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Lime Blue Photography in Christchurch offers tailored food and product photography for restaurants, food bloggers and manufacturers. Claire specialises in mouth-watering images for social media, advertising and promotional materials, and aims to make food look as good as it tastes. Clients book sessions for commercial shoots, social content and marketing-ready imagery.

Lime Blue Photography, based in Christchurch, provides food and product photography for restaurants, food bloggers and product manufacturers. Claire offers professional studio and on-location shoots aimed at creating images for menus, websites, social media and promotional materials.

Services focus on tailored food and product shoots, food styling and commercial imagery for Instagram, Facebook, advertising and other marketing channels. The offerings mentioned include lifestyle and simple shoots alongside more stylised food photography, with an emphasis on producing visuals that support clients' marketing needs.

Clients commonly describe working with Claire as straightforward and professional. Review themes note that she follows supplied briefs, communicates easily, and is flexible with scheduling. Other consistent comments describe creativity in styling and recipe ideas for shoots, practical suggestions to improve client materials, and a friendly, easygoing working manner.

Locally, Lime Blue Photography positions itself as a specialist for small to medium businesses seeking food and product imagery to enhance their marketing. The combination of tailored shoots, food styling experience and a client-focused approach distinguishes Lime Blue Photography for Christchurch businesses wanting marketing-ready food and product photos.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Lime Blue Photography shows a very healthy Google Business Listing with a score of 8.6 out of 10. The listing already has essential details and contact options, with strong achievements in claiming the listing, providing a phone number and a website link. The top opportunities focus on adding fresh photos to lift listing visuals above the local midpoint while keeping the solid 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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    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.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
  • 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.
8.5Strong
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5.0 ★★★★★ (4)
Photographer · Lincoln3
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From the business

Whether you're a restaurant owner and need restaurant food photography, food blogger, or product manufacturer, my tailored photography services will enhance your marketing efforts. I can provide stunning images for your Instagram, Facebook and advertising, and promotional materials. Let's work together to make your food look as good as it tastes. Book a session with Claire from Lime Blue Photography - Professional Food Photographer. Christchurch, New Zealand. 021 0291 2806

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Lime Blue Photography shows mixed Google review health with a score of 5.2/10. A strong star rating places it in the top 10% for satisfaction, but there is no response to reviews yet, and total reviews are climbing but not yet near the midpoint. The main takeaway is solid satisfaction with room to improve engagement and volume.

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 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.
5.3Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #91 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Lime Blue Photography shows below-average overall health on Google Maps at 3.1/10, implying limited visibility in maps searches. The top opportunities focus on improving aggregate map visibility and strengthening local borough presence. Key opportunities include building broader map rankings and moving the borough score toward the local midpoint for more consistent exposure.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    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.
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    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.
3.1Room to grow
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Rebecca Claridge Photography5.0 ★ (71) · Photographer
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Lincoln Media5.0 ★ (18) · Photographer
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Tegan Johnson Photography4.9 ★ (48) · Photographer
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Lime Blue Photography25.0 ★ (4) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #135 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Lime Blue Photography shows an above-average health score with room to improve on newer platforms. The strongest current strengths are an outstanding Instagram and Facebook presence, which provide trusted visibility and engagement with audiences. Key opportunities focus on expanding reach on TikTok, Neighbourly, LinkedIn, Fresha, and a LinkedIn Company page to broaden audience touchpoints.

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.
  • 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
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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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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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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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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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    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.
4.6Room to grow
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★ 5 reviews · recommended
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☎ +64 210 291 2806✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #106 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Lime Blue Photography has a very high on-page SEO health, indicating strong technical setup. The most notable finding is a solid title tag and fast load times, with favicon and relevant meta description already in place. An area to monitor is ensuring an H1 tag appears and addressing any mixed content risks to maintain trust and crawl efficiency.

Strengths

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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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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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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
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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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Lime Blue Photography's Website Traffic health is very low, with a 0.3/10 health score. The business has minimal organic and paid traffic activity, and rankings for top organic keywords are not yet established. The most actionable findings focus on building organic visibility and small, targeted paid activities to start driving visitors and conversions.

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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21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Lime Blue Photography's opening hours align well with local demand for food and product shoots, showing strong coverage during weekday lunch and early-afternoon peaks. Key high-demand windows on Monday at 11am-2pm and Wednesday at 12pm are covered. There are few inefficiencies: a handful of early-morning and late-evening hours are open when local search interest is low. Overall temporal fit is above average.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.1Strong
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Lime Blue Photography
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Thursday · Lincoln
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #18 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

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#51of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #51 overall
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