A quality studio portrait sitting can cost hundreds of dollars. Throw in the price of prints, and the hassle of a studio excursion, and it’s no wonder why people only get studio photographs once or twice in their entire lives. But with today’s Groupon, you’ll get professional studio portraits from Portrait Creations for just $40, with seven sheets of prints included. And you don’t even have to travel to their studio, because they’ll come to you! That’s a 67% discount off the normal value of $122.

Portrait Creations will travel to a single location - either in Chicago, or within an hour’s drive north or west of the city - to document you in your natural habitat. It could be your home, favorite park, or somewhere that features the Chicago skyline. Maybe you’ve put off getting family studio portraits because getting all the kids to behave during a studio trip sounds like pulling teeth out of dried concrete; have Portrait Creations come to you. If you’re proud of your beautiful home, feature your wonderful foyer or fireplace prominently as your pictures’ backdrop. If you live in filth, hide that filth behind Portrait Creations’ professional studio backdrops.

Of course, using this Groupon to have your photo taken in your favorite outdoor Chicago location is a particularly enticing option. Let Chicago be your studio! We recommend the majestic Humboldt Park lagoon for romantic portrait sittings, the dignified view of the skyline from the Shedd Aquarium for graduations, and Buckingham Fountain for families - but feel free to get creative. Perhaps you and your bride- or groom-to-be have wanted the engagement photo of your upcoming Cubs-themed wedding to feature the two of you posing as trapped souls emerging from the legs of the terrifying Harry Caray sculpture in front of Wrigley Field. No sane friend of yours has been willing to take this photograph? Portrait Creations is happy to document your commitment to each other, however you wish to express it.

This deal includes the session and seven full sheets of prints. The package of prints is completely flexible: Just select any combination of seven sheets of photos. With each sheet, you can choose a different size and a different photograph. Depending on the size you choose, you get a different number of copies. For example:

• 8” x 10” - 1 sheet gets you 1 print
• 5” x 7” - 1 sheet gets you 2 prints
• 4” x 6” - 1 sheet gets you 4 prints
• Wallet Prints (size of a business card) - 1 sheet gets you 8 prints

And because you can mix and match sizes and poses, you can get a framed 8” x 10” photo of you and your spouse for your mantle, while keeping private the eight wallet prints of you and your family forming a human pyramid.

While today’s Groupon is perfect for a family photo, an engagement announcement, or a graduation picture, you don’t need a special event or even a nuclear family to jump on this no-brainer deal. Singles: You need a way to verify your stunning physical form to your potential e-dates, do you not? Why not have a professional capture your physical specimen eying the camera seductively from your favorite tire swing? Plus, everyone knows the modern post-nuclear family consists of singles and their many domesticated animals. These families have the same right to quality studio photos as traditional families, so preserve the memory of all the lovable puppies in your puppy mill without the hassle of taking them out of their cute little cages for a trip to the studio!

Don’t wait for the next great deal on studio portraits to come along, because you won’t find this service with prints included for anywhere near this price. Get your Groupon!