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Stacey Cavalier Photography

Photographer · Somerfield, 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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Stacey Cavalier Photography

Photographer · Somerfield, Christchurch

Where you stand#47of 194 photography businesses
Overall health7.6/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Stacey Cavalier Photography offers wedding, family and newborn lifestyle photography based in Somerfield, Christchurch. NZIPP accredited, the studio focuses on natural, timeless images that capture human connections and real-life moments. Clients receive finished artwork intended for display at home and a relaxed, comfortable session experience.

Stacey Cavalier Photography is a Christchurch-based studio located in Somerfield that specialises in wedding, family and newborn lifestyle photography. The practice emphasises capturing real-life moments and human connections around the city and wider Canterbury.

Services include wedding coverage, family portraits and newborn lifestyle sessions, with an emphasis on creating timeless artwork for display in clients homes. The studio notes NZIPP accreditation and mentions award recognition as part of its professional background.

Clients commonly describe a warm, friendly and relaxed experience. Reviews highlight how the photographer puts people at ease, directs natural poses, and composes images that show genuine interaction. Many customers comment that sessions feel comfortable for children and groups, and that delivered photos emphasise natural expression and connection.

Locally, Stacey Cavalier Photography positions itself as a provider of natural, artful imagery for families and couples across Christchurch and Canterbury. The combination of lifestyle-focused sessions, finished artwork for the home and a reputation for putting clients at ease is presented as the studio's practical offering to people seeking enduring family and wedding photography.

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Your Google listing

Stacey Cavalier Photography shows strong basic listing health with essential contact and location details in place. The overall health is good, and the most notable findings are the open-for-business status and a claimed listing. The description is improving but there is room to better align with local expectations. Overall, customers can find reliable contact details and information.

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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    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.
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    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
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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 6 of them.
7.7Good
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5.0 ★★★★★ (90)
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From the business

Beautiful and natural wedding, family and newborn lifestyle photography | Award winning photography | Christchurch & Canterbury | NZIPP Accredited | Capturing real life moments and human connections | Creating timeless artwork to display in your home with pride.

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Your reviews

Stacey Cavalier Photography shows a very high overall health in Google Business reviews, with the health score 8.6 out of 10 reflecting strong performance. The business has earned top 10% standings for Google star rating and total reviews, indicating high customer satisfaction and solid social proof. The review response rate is above average and improving, which helps build trust with customers.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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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.
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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top opportunity

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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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.3Strong
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Adrianna H.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

Stacey’s composition and talent for capturing people is amazing! She’s absolutely lovely, book her if you want epic photos 🤩

Response from the owner1

Aw, thanks Adrianna. I really appreciate your lovely review! I loved shooting your wedding, and meeting your awesome friends and family!

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Emma T.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

Everything about our experience with Stacey was amazing! We were nervous about the photoshoot but Stacey quickly put us at ease. The photos are beautiful. We will definitely be repeat customers! Thanks Stacey!

Response from the owner

Nawww, thanks Emma! It was lovely to meet you and you lovely family, and I'm happy you love the photos!

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Where you show up on the map

Stacey Cavalier Photography shows very high overall health on Maps, indicating strong visibility across searches. The top performers are borough-focused rankings and consistent position 1 in key Somerfield and Spreydon terms. A notable opportunity is to sustain updates to keep momentum in the broader aggregate map results.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Every check we run here is at its best on Google Maps.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.8Strong
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✓Top three for "wedding photographer" in 6 suburbs, seen in 41
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Stacey Cavalier Photography✓5.0 ★ (90) · Photographer
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Liv van Leeuwen Photography5.0 ★ (24) · Photographer
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Stephanie Defregger Photography4.9 ★ (30) · Photographer
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Susannah Blatchford Photography5.0 ★ (32) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where customers find you

Stacey Cavalier Photography shows below-average overall health (4.2/10) for social presence and directories, reflecting limited visibility beyond Facebook. The strongest recent milestone is the very high-trust Facebook profile, while opportunities exist across TikTok, Fresha, LinkedIn and Yellow Pages to broaden reach and credibility.

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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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 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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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
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    Recommendations on your pageMore customers have recommended you than at most pages in this market, and depth like that reads as a business that has been doing this a while.
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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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.6Strong
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #9 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Stacey Cavalier Photography shows a very low on-page SEO health score of 0.8/10, indicating significant gaps in meta tags, page structure and technical signals. The top findings point to missing meta description, missing title tag, no valid favicon, and mixed content issues that undermine trust and crawlability for search engines.

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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How people find you on Google

Stacey Cavalier Photography shows very low overall traffic health, with a health score of 1.2 out of 10. The site has near zero organic traffic value and no positive organic visits yet, indicating minimal visibility in search. Key opportunities focus on building content, on-page SEO and small paid tests to start attracting local 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.
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Stacey Cavalier Photography shows reasonable alignment with local demand but has notable gaps in evening and late‑afternoon availability. Most peak alignment occurs midday on Mondays (11am-2pm) and Wednesday noon. Missed opportunities include Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and Friday late afternoons, while a few open hours fall into low-demand slots (notably Fri 1-2pm and Tue 9am/4pm). Adjusting a few hours could improve bookings.

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.
5.0Room to grow
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-4pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#47of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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