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Photoshots Christchurch

Photographer · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Photoshots Christchurch

Photographer · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

Where you stand#13of 194 photography businesses
Overall health9.4/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Photoshots is a Christchurch-based photography studio run by NZIPP-qualified photographer Tony Stewart, operating from Templeton and Rolleston. They offer commercial, advertising, event and team photography, shooting on location or in studio with high-resolution digital cameras. Tony is an award-winning photographer and the first NZIPP Grand Master of Photography in the Canterbury-Westland region, and the team travels across the South Island and beyond.

Photoshots is a Christchurch photography studio led by Tony Stewart, located in Templeton with a Rolleston base. Tony is NZIPP qualified and has an award-winning portfolio; he is noted as the first NZIPP Grand Master of Photography in the Canterbury-Westland region. The studio accepts assignments across the South Island and travels New Zealand wide, to the South Pacific and Australia.

The studio specialises in commercial and advertising photography, conference and event coverage, and group and team or classroom shoots. Services are offered on location or in a studio setting using high-resolution digital cameras. Photoshots describes a focus on visual storytelling for corporate clients and work across sectors including agriculture.

Customers commonly report easy communication, efficient and accommodating service, and a friendly, professional manner. Reviews highlight practical strengths such as smooth online ordering for club photos, timely delivery of quality prints, and an ability to put people at ease during shoots. Clients note results that meet or exceed expectations and ongoing relationships with organisations that return for seasonal or repeat work.

Locally, Photoshots is characterised by technical experience, a long track record in commercial photography and a portfolio of recognised work. The combination of NZIPP qualification, award recognition and flexibility to shoot on location or in studio helps distinguish Photoshots for businesses, clubs and organisations seeking professional photography across Christchurch and the wider South Island.

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Your Google listing

Photoshots Christchurch Photographer shows a very high health score on Google Business Listing, reflecting strong completeness and verification. The business has a website link, open-for-business status, a listing title, claimed status, and a phone number. A notable strength is the robust listing setup, with room to push toward the top 10% in photo counts to further differentiate from local competitors.

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 opportunity

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    Photos on the listingYou carry more photos than most of this market, which gives a customer a real look at the work before they ring.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 4 of them.
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4.9 ★★★★★ (39)
Photographer · Selwyn District East
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From the business

Photoshots, Tony is an NZIPP qualified, professional photographer fiercely passionate about photography. Some of his award winning photographs can be seen here, particularly those establishing him as one of Canterbury’s key suppliers of photographic imagery, and the first ever NZIPP Grand Master of Photography in Christchurch. In fact, the first in the Canterbury-Westland region. Whatever your requirements, Tony and his team will gladly work to satisfy your photographic requirements. All staff proudly shoot using high resolution digital cameras, either on location or studio style pending your needs. While Rolleston based, assignments about the South Island are also frequent. Will also travel New Zealand wide / South Pacific / Australia.

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Your reviews

Photoshots Christchurch Photographer shows a very high health score and strong Google review metrics. The strongest findings are a solid review response rate and high rating confidence, with a top-tier star rating and many reviews. Overall health supports ongoing trust with customers and competitive standing in the market.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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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.
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    Star ratingYour rating is higher than most of this market, and it is the first thing a customer reads about you.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Photoshots Christchurch
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Alexander W.★★★★★ · 6 months ago

Best photos I have had taken in a long time, Tony does amazing work, and a genuinely nice guy. I would absolutely recommend to friends and family

Response from the owner1

My pleasure to help, thank you Alex!

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mellon Z.★★★★★ · 10 months ago

Very easy to deal with, the whole process for our sports club was super easy. Orders were taken online and given out at prize giving, the quality of the prints is excellent and the service fantastic.

Response from the owner

Much appreciated Jane. Thank you very much for all your hard work co-ordinating everyone. Great to know the club is happy with how it all went.

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

Photoshots Christchurch Photographer shows a solid overall health score in Google Maps search at 7.6 out of 10, indicating good visibility with room to grow in the local market. The strongest results are in Templeton for core keywords such as photographer and photography studio, where rankings are at the top positions. Borough visibility has improved but still sits below the top quartile, suggesting continued focus on local optimisation.

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 "photography service" in 5 suburbs, seen in 10
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Stacey Cavalier Photography5.0 ★ (90) · Photographer
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Product Photography and Video5.0 ★ (6) · Photographer
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Nicole Gourley Photography5.0 ★ (37) · Photographer
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Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where customers find you

Photoshots Christchurch Photographer shows a below-average health score, with Instagram as a strong asset and several opportunities to broaden presence across Facebook, TikTok, Yellow, Neighbourly and related directories. The most notable strength is the Instagram profile, while the biggest growth potential lies in opening and optimising missing or weak listings and profiles to improve overall trust 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.
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Facebook100063705721881Photoshots Christchurch | Facebook✓
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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 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.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

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    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Photoshots Christchurch Photographer shows an average on-page SEO health with a 5.4/10 score. The most important findings are the missing meta description on the homepage and render-blocking resources that slow loading, along with mixed content risks that could undermine trust. The site already has a valid favicon, a relevant title tag, a compact page size, adequate text, and no frames, which are solid foundations for improvement.

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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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than almost any business in this market.
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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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    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 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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    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Photoshots Christchurch Photographer shows a very high health for website traffic with strong organic visibility and top local SERP presence, indicating solid audience reach. Key note is continued stability in organic rankings, while opportunities lie in starting small paid campaigns and refining paid and organic strategies to push further.

Strengths

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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 3 of them.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Photoshots Christchurch's opening hours align well with weekday midday demand, especially Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday midday when searches peak. However, several popular evening hours are missed, notably Tuesday and Wednesday nights around 6pm-9pm. There are a few low-demand hours open on Friday and parts of Tuesday that may be inefficient. Consider modestly extending weekday evenings where demand is strong and trimming low-demand daytime hours.

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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Photoshots Christchurch
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-6pm
Tuesday8:30am-6pm
Wednesday8:30am-6pm
Thursday8:30am-6pm
Friday8:30am-6pm
Saturday9am-12pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Selwyn District East
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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01Google listing1 opportunity

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#13of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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