1. A method of compression of an image including one or more faces, comprising: (a) identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digitally-acquired image; (b) determining a first compression portion of the image including the group of pixels; (c) determining a second compression portion of the image other than the group of pixels; and (d) automatically compressing the first compression portion with higher-grade compression rate than the second compression portion to generate a compressed image including the face.