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 to Ross Costanza Photography in Chesapeake. Choose between the following options:

• For $49, you get a three-hour introduction to photography workshop (a $299 value).
  
• For $49, you get a one-hour in-studio photoshoot plus one 8"x10" print and one 5"x7" print (a $337 value).
  
  

Chesapeake native Ross Costanza is a professional photographer adept at both clicking off killer portraits and teaching students to snap photos like the experts. Students learn basic camera practices and settings so that photos aren't foiled by nefarious lens-thumbs or—like a Hollywood career—ruined by overexposure. Costanza introduces students to his own areas of photographic expertise, including landscape, portraiture, and wedding photography, coaching shutterbugs on capturing brides and grooms at the instant of face-cake collision. Costanza also immerses students in the rules of composition that make the visual design of a photograph appealing.

Costanza snaps each one-hour photoshoot (a $250 value) in a professional studio equipped to create flattering lighting effects. Subjects model in the manner of Costanza's portraiture work, which emphasizes naturalistic poses. There is no limit to the number of people allowed at the photoshoot, so couples and families can say cheese in unison. Models end up with one 8"x10" print (a $52 value) and one 5"x7" print (a $35 value) to take home or cover in lipstick kisses and mail to the Secretary of the Interior. For an additional fee, Costanza will travel to a location of the client's choice.