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Utpal Patel Photography

Photographer · St Albans, 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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Utpal Patel Photography

Photographer · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#109of 194 photography businesses
Overall health4.4/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Utpal Patel Photography is a Christchurch-based photographer operating from Saint Albans, offering family portraits, maternity shoots, couple and solo sessions, and coverage for small to large celebrations. The photographer accepts bookings over celebratory seasons and around Christchurch. Review themes mention a comfortable on-camera experience, accommodating service, and photos that capture moments and receive strong recommendations.

Utpal Patel Photography is a Christchurch photography service based in Saint Albans. The practice offers sessions across the city and surrounding areas, and mentions availability during celebration seasons for local bookings.

Services include family portraits, maternity photoshoots, couple and solo sessions, and coverage for small to big celebrations. The description supplied by the business lists those core offerings and indicates flexibility to cover a range of events and personal shoots.

Customer feedback highlights that clients feel comfortable in front of the camera and that the photographer is accommodating with bookings, including last-minute arrangements. Reviews describe photos that capture moments well and note that clients recommend the service; one review also mentions the photographer stepping in as a witness at a civil union while still providing photography services.

Locally, Utpal Patel Photography presents as a Saint Albans-based option for personal and event photography around Christchurch, with a focus on portraiture and celebration coverage. Customers can expect a photographer who works on location for different types of shoots and whose service records include accommodating last-minute needs and producing images clients describe positively.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Utpal Patel Photography shows an average health on Google Business Listing with room for improvement. Strengths include a claimed listing, a website link, verified open status, a listing title, and a phone number, which support customer contact and clarity about availability.

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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    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.
  • 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.
5.1Room to grow
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Photographer · St Albans
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From the business

Looking for Professional Photographer over the celebrations season around Christchurch? Cantact Utpal Patel Photography for -Family portraits -Maternity photoshoot -Couples/Solo -Small to big Celebrations and many more.

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Your reviews

Utpal Patel Photography shows a healthy Google review profile with an above-average health score of 7.0 out of 10. The strongest evidence is a top-10% star rating, indicating high customer satisfaction, and an ongoing effort to gather more reviews and engage with customers.

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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    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.
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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.
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maulesh C.★★★★★ · 3 months ago

Absolutely amazing photographer! Captured every moment perfectly and made everyone feel so comfortable in front of the camera. The photos turned out stunning — highly recommend!

Response from the owner3

Thank you so much for leaving review. Have a great day

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Diana R.★★★★★ · 4 months ago

We’re so grateful to have found Utpal as our civil union photographer and he even stepped in as one of our witnesses! He was incredibly accommodating, taking us on last minute and still delivering the most beautiful photos. Utpal made us fe...

Response from the owner

Thank you Diana.

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

Utpal Patel Photography shows a solid health score on Google Maps at 4.9 out of 10, indicating room for growth in local visibility. The strongest performance is in Edgeware and St Albans areas with top rankings for key portrait and wedding terms. The main opportunities lie in strengthening borough-level maps presence and expanding visibility across multiple local suburbs.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
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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.
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The Sparkes Photography Co.5.0 ★ (22) · Photographer
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Twenty-Six Frames Photography5.0 ★ (2) · Photographer
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BIG SKY Studio5.0 ★ (1) · Photographer
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Andy Brown Photography5.0 ★ (1) · Photographer
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Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Where customers find you

Utpal Patel Photography shows good Facebook presence with a very high trust rating, indicating solid social proof. Health stands at 4.9/10, suggesting room for growth, especially on platforms beyond Facebook. The most important find is the strong Facebook profile, while opportunities include adding TikTok activity and improving Yellow Directory presence to boost 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.
  • 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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Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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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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    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.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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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.
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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.5Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #126 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top three opportunities

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    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
  • 3
    Domain UniquenessYour web address belongs to a platform rather than to you - a social page or a site builder's own domain.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

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0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
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You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Utpal Patel Photography's opening hours align well with local demand for photography services, particularly midday sessions. Notable well-aligned windows include Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday 12pm, matching higher local search interest. There are no missed high-demand hours where the business is closed. Some low-demand open times-early mornings and late evenings-may be inefficient and worth reviewing against booking patterns.

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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Utpal Patel Photography
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Sunday · St Albans
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#109of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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