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Shutterplay Photography

Photography service · New Brighton, 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
Your marketChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Shutterplay Photography

Photography service · New Brighton, Christchurch

Where you stand#127of 194 photography businesses
Overall health3.5/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Shutterplay Photography is a Christchurch-based photography studio offering a range of services from stage and event photography to night-sky and outdoor shoots. Located in Christchurch, the studio states it handles varied photography needs and highlights responsive communication. Customers note clear communication and high-quality images as common experiences.

Shutterplay Photography is a Christchurch photography studio that offers a broad range of photographic services, operating from a base in the Christchurch borough. The studio describes itself as able to handle everything from stage and event work to night-sky and outdoor photography, reflecting a wide service scope within the local area.

Services include event and performance photography as well as outdoor and night-sky shoots, drawing on the business's stated ability to "do it all." The studio encourages potential clients to contact them to organise photographic needs, suggesting flexibility across different assignment types and settings.

Customers tend to experience clear communication and high-quality results. Review themes indicate prompt, helpful correspondence during booking and shoots, and clients report satisfaction with the photographs delivered. One recent review highlights excellent communication paired with photos described as fantastic.

Locally, Shutterplay Photography positions itself as a versatile Christchurch option for clients seeking performance, event or outdoor photography. The combination of a broad stated service range and customer feedback about communication and image quality is a practical signal of the studio's local character and the kinds of photographic projects it typically handles.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Shutterplay Photography currently shows an average overall health on its Google Business Listing, with room for improvement. The most notable findings are that the listing is claimed and has a phone number and website link, while a logo is missing and description could be richer for better local standing.

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

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.6Room to grow
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Photography service · New Brighton
Open 6 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

From stars on stage to stars in the sky, we do it all. Contact us today to organize you photography needs.

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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Shutterplay Photography shows an overall health score of 4.0 out of 10, indicating below average performance on Google reviews. The leading strength is a stellar star rating within the top 10% of peers. A key finding is the lack of any response to reviews, which can affect trust, while review count is growing and needs more encouragement.

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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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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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.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
4.4Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #110 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Shutterplay Photography shows a cautiously healthy Google Maps presence with a health score of 5.6 out of 10. This indicates solid visibility but room for improvement. The top findings show strong performance for local photography services in Avondale and New Brighton, and good borough visibility, suggesting focus on refining listings to capture more nearby searches.

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 the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.8Room to grow
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2Top three for "photography service" in 3 suburbs, seen in 7
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Adena Teka Photography5.0 ★ (19) · Photography service
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Shutterplay Photography15.0 ★ (1) · Photography service
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Raewyn Murray Photography5.0 ★ (10) · Photography service
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Hillary K Photography5.0 ★ (5) · Photography service
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #82 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Shutterplay Photography shows a below-average overall health of 3.9 out of 10 for Citations & Social Presence. The strongest achievement is a very high-trust Facebook profile, with other linked assets including a LinkedIn Company page and a personal LinkedIn profile. Key opportunities include improving Instagram and TikTok trust, expanding Fresha and Yellow directory presence, and building TikTok visibility.

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.
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LinkedInshutter-play-photography-filmsShutterplay Photography | LinkedIn
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FacebookShutterPlaayPhotographyShutterplay Photography | Facebook✓
Tiktok@shutterflyShutterplay Photography | Tiktok1
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Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #54 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 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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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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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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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page sends people to another feed or a links page rather than to a site of your own, so someone chasing a price ends up one more tap from the answer and scrolls until the errand is forgotten.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.9Room to grow
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From stars on stage to stars in the sky, we capture it all. photographer 📸 christchurch
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #119 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Shutterplay Photography shows a low overall health on its on-page SEO, with a 1.8 out of 10 health score. This indicates several technical issues and limited optimisation. Key findings point to missing meta description and title tag, a non-existent or invalid favicon, and room to align meta content with page topics to help search visibility and click-throughs.

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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    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
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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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Shutterplay Photography shows low overall traffic health with room to grow. The most important findings are that organic traffic value is near zero and there are no organic keywords in the top 100, suggesting limited reach. Paid traffic activity is also unclear, with small or no spend and no measurable paid 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.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Shutterplay Photography's opening hours largely align with Christchurch demand around weekday middays, especially Monday and Wednesday lunch hours, but there are some clear mismatches. The studio is open during Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday 12pm when searches peak, but is closed through several popular Sunday afternoon hours. There are also low-demand open periods (early Monday and late Monday night) that could be trimmed to improve efficiency.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
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Shutterplay Photography
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
SundayClosed
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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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#127of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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