Quality photos leave the subjects looking their best, unlike mouth-staining popsicles and confrontational holiday-shopping tussles. Discover your superlative side with today's Groupon: for $56, you get a family portrait package (a $310 value including HST) from Art and Soul Photography on Gaspe Drive in Waterloo.

Art and Soul turns 3-D faces into artsy portraits to enliven any wall or desk. Today's Groupon is for a family portrait package that includes a 30-minute consultation to discuss portrait styles and wardrobe, a 90-minute professional photo-shoot yielding 40 images from which to choose, and an 11"x14" hand-retouched original print. Photographers Gordon and Grainne Aitken take an original, and sometimes edgy, approach to portraiture that results in one-of-a-kind prints reflecting the personality of the subjects with funhouse mirrors. Clients can choose to strut their stuff in the professional studio or take the shoot to the street or wooded path within the Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo area for an on-location session. A family portrait, defined by Art and Soul as being a portrait of two or more people from two or more different generations, is a great way to capture the holiday spirit without the need for cumbersome spectre nets.