--- a/degal/image.py	Sun Jun 14 18:04:53 2009 +0300
+++ b/degal/image.py	Sun Jun 14 18:08:55 2009 +0300
@@ -38,13 +38,21 @@
         self.description = None
 
     @lazy_load
-    def pil_image (self) :
+    def img (self) :
         """
             Loads the image as a PIL.Image
         """
         
         # open it up
         return PIL.Image.open(self.path)
+    
+    @property
+    def img_size (self) :
+        """
+            Returns the pixel (width, height) resolution tuple of this image.
+        """
+
+        return self.img.size
 
     @lazy_load
     def exif (self) :
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@
         stat = self.stat()
 
         # XXX: avoid having to open the image?
-        size = self.pil_image.size
+        size = self.img_size
         
         # build
         metadata = dict({