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Liv van Leeuwen Photography

Photographer · Beckenham, 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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Liv van Leeuwen Photography

Photographer · Beckenham, Christchurch

Where you stand#29of 194 photography businesses
Overall health8.5/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Liv van Leeuwen Photography is a Christchurch-based photographer working from Beckenham. Liv prefers natural light and focuses on storytelling and cinematic, candid moments. Services include newborn, maternity, family, wedding and editorial photography, with sessions offered at homes or on location across Christchurch and wider New Zealand.

Liv van Leeuwen Photography is a Christchurch-based studio operating from Beckenham. Liv prefers natural light and frames work around storytelling and cinematic, raw moments. The practice serves clients across Christchurch and is available for sessions elsewhere in New Zealand.

Services include newborn, maternity and family photography, with additional experience in weddings and editorial work. Sessions are offered at locations where clients feel comfortable, including at home, and the approach emphasises natural light and unposed moments to create a time-capsule quality to images.

Clients describe experiences that align with a relaxed, unobtrusive approach: many say Liv helps people feel at ease, is patient and kind, and captures candid moments without drawing attention. Several reviews note practical support for event planning, including help with proposal logistics, and feedback highlights flexibility, attention to detail and a calm presence on the day.

Locally, Liv van Leeuwen Photography is characterised by a focus on storytelling, natural-light portraiture and candid family work. The combination of home-based sessions, wedding and editorial options, and client feedback about a reassuring, flexible service is central to what distinguishes the studio in Christchurch.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Liv van Leeuwen Photography shows a below-average health score of 3.7/10 for its Google Business Listing, indicating room for improvement in profile completeness. The listing is claimed and includes a website link and full address, with an open-for-business status and a titled listing. The strongest current asset is a complete address and claimed status that gives control over details, while gaps remain in phone number and logo visibility.

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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    PhoneYour listing has no phone number, so the call button a customer expects to tap is not there and the ones in a hurry ring someone else.
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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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    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.5Room to grow
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5.0 ★★★★★ (24)
Photographer · Beckenham
Open 7 days ✓
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From the business

Liv van Leeuwen is a photographer based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Preferring to work with natural light, her work draws on from her desire to focus on storytelling and capturing raw, cinematic moments - "because photos are memories you get to keep. Memories of who you are at this moment in time".

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Liv van Leeuwen Photography shows a solid Google review health of 7.4 out of 10. The business has a strong star rating in the top 10% and a solid base of reviews, with a good potential to improve engagement by responding more to feedback. Overall, the health is healthy with room to grow engagement.

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 rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
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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.
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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
7.3Good
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Emily B.★★★★★ · 4 months ago

Liv is such a talented photographer! She made us feel at ease and relaxed on our family session, we hardly noticed she was there. To be honest i was so surprise she was able to capture so many great photos as it was such a whirlwind in the...

Response from the owner1

Thank you so so much for the kind words Emily, it was suuuuch a pleasure spending the evening with you and your family, it was so much fun!

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Megan S.★★★★★ · 2 years ago

My family and I had a photo session with Liv and she chose a beautiful location for us in the Port Hills. I was expecting things to feel a little awkward at first, but Liv was so natural with her approach that we didn't even feel her there...

Response from the owner

Thank you so much for your kind words Megan! It was SO lovely meeting you and your beautiful family and capturing these moments for you x

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

For Liv van Leeuwen Photography, Google Maps health is very strong, with a 9.0 out of 10. This indicates high overall visibility across searches and a solid local footprint. The standout finding is top resting keywords for Beckenham, especially wedding and photography services, which shows consistent relevance and strong local demand.

Strengths

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

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.
8.2Strong
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1Top three for "wedding photographer" in 4 suburbs, seen in 12
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Liv van Leeuwen Photography25.0 ★ (24) · Photographer
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Susannah Blatchford Photography5.0 ★ (32) · Photographer
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Kurt Langer Photographer4.9 ★ (84) · Photographer
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Stacey Cavalier Photography5.0 ★ (90) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #36 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Liv van Leeuwen Photography shows a healthy online presence with a health score of 8.5 out of 10. The strongest assets are Instagram and Facebook profiles with very high trust, and a solid LinkedIn presence. Key opportunities include building TikTok and Yellow Page visibility, and claiming Neighbourly profiles to improve local discoverability 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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    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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Facebooklivvanleeuwen.photographyLiv van Leeuwen Photography | Facebook✓
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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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 pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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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.
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
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Your website

Liv van Leeuwen Photography shows a very high on-page SEO health score of 8.6 out of 10, with strong foundations. The site already has a valid favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, and an H1 tag, alongside a relevant title tag and a compact page size under 256KB. Key room for improvement includes meta description length and overall on-page SEO score.

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.
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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.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

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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    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
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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

Liv van Leeuwen Photography shows strong website traffic health with a score of 8.4 out of 10. The business already ranks well for organic terms and sits in the local top decile for organic traffic, indicating solid visibility and value from non-paid efforts. Focus now on disciplined paid strategies to begin capturing paid traffic and conversions.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.

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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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 4 of them.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Liv van Leeuwen Photography's opening hours largely align with daytime demand, especially Monday late morning and early afternoon and Wednesday midday. However, several popular evening slots-Tuesday and Wednesday at 8pm, Wednesday 6pm, Friday 5pm and Monday 5pm-are closed, representing missed bookings. A small amount of time is open during low-demand slots (Tuesday morning, Friday early afternoon, Sunday morning) that could be tightened.

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 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.
6.1Good
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday9am-11am
Sunday9am-11am
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

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#29of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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