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LRD Photography

Photographer · Richmond (Christchurch City), 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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LRD Photography

Photographer · Richmond (Christchurch City), Christchurch

Where you stand#68of 194 photography businesses
Overall health6.5/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

LRD Photography, based in Richmond, Christchurch, is run by photographer Liam R Davies and covers weddings, events and festivals across New Zealand. Liam focuses on candid, authentic imagery and provides high-quality photographs tailored to each brief. Clients can book for wedding coverage, corporate and private events, and festival photography with a relaxed, professional approach.

LRD Photography is a Christchurch-based photography service operated by Liam R Davies, working from Richmond and serving clients across New Zealand. The practice centres on capturing meaningful moments in a straightforward, documentary style while offering finished images suited to different needs.

Liam specialises in wedding photography and also works as an event and festival photographer. Services listed include coverage of intimate parties, large corporate functions and live-music events, with an emphasis on documenting atmosphere as well as detail. The description notes a focus on high-quality imagery tailored to the client's brief.

Customer feedback highlights a relaxed and professional manner, with reviewers describing Liam as easy to work with and friendly. Reviews frequently mention strong communication and a calm presence during shoots. Clients also note consistently positive results, praising the quality of photos and recommending him for repeat bookings.

Locally, LRD Photography presents as a practical choice for couples, event organisers and festival teams seeking candid, high-quality images. The combination of wedding specialisation, event and festival experience, and consistent customer feedback about professionalism and approachability helps define the offering within the Richmond and Christchurch market.

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Your Google listing

LRD Photography shows a solid overall health score with room to improve branding and media. The listing is claimed, has a website link, a visible phone number, and accurate Open-for-Business status, which helps convert local interest into inquiries. The strongest single asset is the well-populated description that places the business in the local top quartile.

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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    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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    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 is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Photographer · Richmond (Christchurch City)
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From the business

Based in Richmond, Christchurch, Liam R Davies is a professional Photographer dedicated to capturing life’s most significant moments across New Zealand. Specialising as a Wedding Photographer, Liam blends artistry with a candid approach to document your day with authenticity and style. Beyond Weddings, Liam is a highly sought-after Event Photographer, covering everything from intimate parties to large-scale corporate functions. With a talent for capturing high-energy atmospheres, he also excels as a Festival Photographer, bringing the vibrant spirit of live music and performance to life. Liam provides high-quality imagery tailored to your needs. Contact Liam R Davies today to discuss your next project!

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

LRD Photography shows an above-average health score of 5.9 out of 10 on Google reviews, indicating overall solid performance with room for growth. The top achievement is a stellar Google star rating, placing the business in the top 10% for customer satisfaction. A key challenge is low engagement with reviews, as no responses have been posted to any 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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    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.
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #78 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

LRD Photography in Christchurch shows a high Maps health score of 7.7 out of 10, indicating solid visibility in Google Maps results. The top findings show strong performance for key city and suburb terms, with first-spot rankings for several wedding and photography service keywords in Richmond, Shirley, Dallington and Edgeware. Opportunities exist to further grow aggregate and borough visibility.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
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2Top three for "photographer" in 5 suburbs, seen in 10
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Lightworkx Photography5.0 ★ (10) · Photographer
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BIG SKY Studio5.0 ★ (1) · Photographer
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Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where customers find you

LRD Photography shows a healthy presence at 4.8/10, indicating room for growth. The strongest current asset is a Facebook profile with a very high trust score, reflecting solid engagement and branding. The business is less visible on TikTok and Yellow Directory listings, presenting opportunities to expand reach and improve discoverability.

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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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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    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.
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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
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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 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.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.6Room to grow
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LRD Photography helps you capture the special moments in your life...Engagement photos, weddings, newborn, milestones, and everything in between.
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #143 for your Facebook page
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Your website

LRD Photography's on-page health is 4.9/10, indicating limited overall health but some solid foundations exist. The most important findings are the missing meta description and the absence of an H1 tag, which affect click-through rates and clarity for search engines. A few already-strong items include a favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, and a compact page size.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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 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.
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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

LRD Photography shows a below-average health score for Website Traffic, indicating weak performance in traffic and keyword footprint. The top opportunities highlight little to no organic and paid traffic value, with potential gains from local content, on-page SEO, basic backlinks, and small, targeted paid campaigns. Focusing on these areas could start building visibility and measurable traffic.

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

LRD Photography's published hours align well with local demand across key weekday midday windows. The business is open during strong demand on Monday late morning and early afternoon (11am-2pm) and Wednesday midday, while no high-demand slots are missed. Some low-demand hours are open (early mornings and late evenings), so trimming a few of those could improve efficiency without affecting peak coverage.

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.
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LRD Photography
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
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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#68of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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