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 $39, you get a one-hour on-location photo session, an 8”x10” print, and up to 25 images on a web album from Verity Images Photography (up to a $159 value).

Verity Images Photography ventures to its subjects' favorite locations to capture vibrant portraits using natural light. Pose for an hour and allow your face to express the nervous joy of impending nuptials or the dignified look of triumph that accompanies a new Galaga high score. After clients set and shoot their scene in a nearby park, parking lot, or Civil War reenactment, they receive an 8”x10” print (a $19 value) documenting their most mantle-worthy expression. Up to 25 quality digital images also become personal pixel property through a private online album (a $100 value) that illustrates photographer Jasmine Lovett's post-processing wizardry.