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Vision and Memory Makers Photography

Photography service · Northcote-Papanui, 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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Vision and Memory Makers Photography

Photography service · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

Where you stand#115of 194 photography businesses
Overall health4.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic7.504Listings and social6.5

Where we can help

02Reviews3.608Opening hours3.005Facebook page2.803Map positions2.701Google listing2.506Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Vision and Memory Makers Photography is a Christchurch photography studio based in Northcote offering portrait, wedding and event photography as well as studio sessions. The business notes 25 years of photographic experience under Luke Pilkinton-Ching and a history of work in Porirua, Wellington, around New Zealand and the Asia/Pacific region. It serves families, small groups and event clients.

Vision and Memory Makers Photography operates from Northcote in Christchurch and provides professional photography services. The listing and website identify portrait, wedding and event photography alongside studio sessions as core offerings. The business name appears alongside a photographer credited as Luke Pilkinton-Ching, with a stated 25 years of experience and a background working in Porirua and Wellington.

Services include portrait shoots, wedding coverage, event photography and studio sessions for small groups or families. The website and SEO details note the availability of event photography with portable professional equipment, and a small studio setup suited to family and group portrait work. Booking arrangements and specific package details are provided through the business channels.

Customers can expect practical, on-location event coverage using portable equipment to capture the spirit of gatherings, plus controlled studio sessions for portraits and family photographs. The combination of studio and on-site capability means photography can be arranged for ceremonies, parties and smaller studio-based portraits. Experience across New Zealand and the Asia/Pacific region is noted in the photographer's background.

Locally, Vision and Memory Makers Photography is presented as a Christchurch-based photography option with both studio and event capacity. The mix of portrait, wedding and event work, together with the photographer's long experience and regional background, defines the services customers can enquire about in Northcote and the wider Christchurch area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Vision and Memory Makers Photography shows a low overall health on Google Business Listing, with several basic elements present but key areas incomplete. The most important findings are a lack of website link and logo, and an unclear/open status. Strengths include claimed listing, a visible title, a contact phone, a full address, and a main image.

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
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 2
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Photography service · Northcote-Papanui
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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your reviews

Vision and Memory Makers Photography shows a below-average health score on Google reviews, indicating weak overall customer feedback. The two most important findings are a low overall rating and no review responses to customer feedback, which risks losing trust among potential clients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #125 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Vision and Memory Makers Photography shows a low overall health score on Google Maps at 2.7/10, indicating limited visibility. The top finding is that the business already ranks well for two key local phrases in Northcote-Papanui, suggesting a solid local niche. Focus remains on growing aggregate reach and strengthening suburb presence.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "photographer" in 1 suburb, seen in 1
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Inview Photography5.0 ★ (47) · Photography service
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Vision and Memory Makers Photography20.0 ★ (0) · Photography service
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Eastwood Studios4.8 ★ (52) · Photography service
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Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic5.0 ★ (1) · Photography service
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #142 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Vision and Memory Makers Photography shows a solid health score of 7.4 out of 10, indicating a good presence with room to grow. Notable strengths include an outstanding Instagram and Facebook presence, reflecting strong audience engagement and consistent branding. Opportunities lie mainly in expanding to TikTok and strengthening Yellow and Neighbourly listings to improve 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

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #69 for listings and social
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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 cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
2.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #140 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Vision and Memory Makers Photography shows a very high on-page SEO health with a score of 9.3 out of 10. The strongest findings include an excellent meta description within 130-150 characters and a valid favicon, along with an SEO-friendly URL and an H1 tag that signals page content.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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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

  • 1
    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, so a reasonable spread of places vouch for you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1The shape of your link profile
2On-page score
3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

Vision and Memory Makers Photography shows a solid overall health on website traffic, with a 7.4/10 health score indicating strengths in reach and visibility but room to improve paid and organic impact. The top opportunities focus on starting targeted paid campaigns and improving paid SERP presence while continuing to refine organic content and technical SEO.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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3About 9 visits a month from search, across 13 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #50 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Vision and Memory Makers Photography has no recorded opening hours, so the alignment between published hours and local demand cannot be measured. Without hours, the business effectively misses peak search windows that city-level data shows for photography services. Adding clear opening times-especially for weekends and some evening studio sessions-would help capture family, wedding and event searches and reduce lost demand.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
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You are #137 for opening hours
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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#115of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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