A picture is worth a thousand words, making photographs and stick-figure sketches the easiest solutions to looming dissertation deadlines. Take advantage of efficient visual-communication strategies with today’s Groupon: for $40, you get a two-hour photography session and a CD-ROM from Joshua Paul Photography (a $150 value).

At Joshua Paul Photography, the photosmith draws on years of experience and a keen eye for interesting landscapes while immortalizing moments for couples, families, or individuals. Joshua will travel up to 90 minutes from Baton Rouge to join groups of five or fewer subjects in their home or at a photogenic locale of their choice, where he gets to know the subjects before shooting them from their best angles or in their least offensive T-shirts. A native of Louisiana, Joshua has spent his formative years photographing the scenic areas of Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and St. Francisville, developing an appreciation for landscape rather than the stiffness of an indoor studio. Postshoot, Joshua injects the images into a CD-ROM, which clients may hang above their mantelpiece or use to view and print photos on their computer.