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Renee Lee Photography

Photographer · Bishopdale, Christchurch

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

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Renee Lee Photography

Photographer · Bishopdale, Christchurch

Where you stand#88of 194 photography businesses
Overall health5.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing8.905Facebook page8.503Map positions7.202Reviews6.504Listings and social6.5

Where we can help

08Opening hours5.107Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Renee Lee Photography is a Christchurch-based photographer in Bishopdale specialising in maternity, family and newborn portraits. The studio focuses on natural, timeless imagery using dreamy natural light, offering studio newborn sessions and outdoor golden-hour family shoots on the Port Hills. Customers in Canterbury book for newborn, maternity and family sessions and attentive, flexible service.

Renee Lee Photography is a Christchurch newborn, maternity and family photographer based in Bishopdale, serving families across Canterbury. Sessions are framed around natural light and a timeless aesthetic, with options for studio newborn shoots and outdoor golden-hour family sessions on the Port Hills.

The practice emphasises maternity, newborn and family portraiture. Renee lists newborn, maternity and family sessions as the core offerings and describes a preference for dreamy, natural light; bookings are available for those session types. The studio setup supports posed newborn work as well as relaxed family shoots in local outdoor settings.

Customers commonly describe the experience as warm, flexible and communicative, with an organic, relaxed atmosphere during shoots. Review themes highlight strong editing and consistently positive results; several clients note satisfaction with both the images and the service. Feedback also mentions a friendly, reassuring approach at newborn sessions and repeat bookings from local families.

Locally, Renee Lee Photography is positioned as a Christchurch option for parents seeking maternity, newborn and family portraits with a natural-light, timeless look. The combination of studio newborn sessions, outdoor golden-hour family shoots and a steady pattern of positive customer feedback distinguishes this practice within the Canterbury area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Renee Lee Photography shows a very healthy Google Business Listing with a score of 8.8 out of 10. The listing has a website link, a live open-for-business status, a claimed listing, and a phone number, which helps convert inquiries. The two key strengths are the listing description and photos, both meeting or exceeding local medians and supporting 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 two opportunities

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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.
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    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (9)
Photographer · Bishopdale
Open 6 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Motherhood, Family and Newborn memory maker. Lover of dreamy natural light photography Renee Lee Photography is a Christchurch newborn photographer specialising in maternity, family, and newborn portraits. Based in Bishopdale, I serve families across Canterbury with timeless, natural photography. Whether you're looking for a studio newborn session or a golden hour family shoot on the Port Hills, I'm here to capture your most precious memories. 💛 Bookings available for newborn, maternity, family and other sessions.

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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your reviews

Renee Lee Photography shows solid health on Google reviews with an above-average health score of 6.5 out of 10. The key strength is a star rating in the top 10%, indicating high customer satisfaction. The business should continue engaging with customers, as addressing reviews can lift trust and visibility.

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 under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Tracy M.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

Renee is a talented, wonderful photographer! She did the most magical photo shoot with us, we adored all of the pictures, had to buy them all as we couldn't decide! Her editing is second to none, very communicative, lovely to work with at g...

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Thank you so much! I really enjoyed working with you too!

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Aimee R.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

We have used Renee for two newborn/family photoshoots. Always a great experience with an organic feeling and amazing photos. Very flexible and communicative. Thank you Renee for capturing such special moments so perfectly 🩷

Response from the owner

Thank you so much Aimee 🤍 It was such a pleasure seeing your family again and capturing these moments for you. I really appreciate your kind words.

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

Renee Lee Photography shows a healthy Maps search presence with a 7.2/10 health score, indicating solid visibility in Google Maps. Top opportunities focus on broadening reach beyond the core suburb and maintaining momentum to enter higher performer status. The business already ranks strongly for key local terms in Bishopdale and nearby areas.

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 the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
7.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Top three for "photography studio" in 1 suburb, seen in 5
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Eastwood Studios4.8 ★ (52) · Photographer
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Belinda Lansley Photography4.9 ★ (78) · Photographer
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Renee Lee Photography25.0 ★ (9) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where customers find you

Renee Lee Photography shows low overall health for citations and social presence (2.5 of 10). The strongest current asset is a Facebook profile with a very high trust score, indicating solid brand credibility. Key opportunities focus on expanding presence on Instagram and TikTok, improving Yellow Directory listings, and ensuring TikTok and Yellow profiles are complete to aid 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.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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FacebookReneeleePhotographynzRenee Lee Photography | Facebook✓
InstagramreneeleephotogRenee Lee Photography | Instagram✓
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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    People following your pageYours is one of the largest local followings in this market.
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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.

Top two opportunities

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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.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your website

Renee Lee Photography shows a below-average on-page SEO health with a 3.1/10. The site lacks a detected on-page SEO score, meta description, and title tag, and favicon presence is missing. Key opportunities are to establish baseline page structure and tags, add a concise meta description to attract clicks, implement a descriptive title tag including the business name, add a favicon for brand visibility, and improve URL structure to be more SEO-friendly.

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

Renee Lee Photography's website shows below-average traffic health, with a score of 4.1 out of 10. The most notable findings are that organic traffic value is near zero and no organic keywords rank in the top 100, indicating limited visibility. Paid traffic metrics are also unclear, suggesting initial steps are needed to attract more clients.

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
What customers seeWhere you rank
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www.reneeleephotography.co.nzRenee Lee Photography

Christchurch, NZ based. Lover of dreamy natural light photography. Pregnancy, newborn, family and pet photographer.

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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Renee Lee Photography's opening hours match some midday demand but miss several popular evening windows. Strong alignment is concentrated on Monday late morning to mid-afternoon and Wednesday lunchtime, which aligns with client search behaviour. Missed opportunities include weekday afternoons and evenings (notably Monday 3-4pm and Wednesday/Tuesdays at popular evening times). A few early-week morning and Friday afternoon openings sit below peak demand.

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.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours 1
Monday9am-3pm
Tuesday9am-3pm
Wednesday9am-3pm
Thursday9am-3pm
Friday9am-3pm
Saturday9am-3pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Bishopdale
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#88of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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