All the images on this site have been compressed a great deal to promote faster loading of the images on your web browser.  This compression is a lossy compression, meaning that the image will degrade in quality when it is compressed.  Any images licensed and ordered will not show this degradation of quality, it is simply an effort to keep the photos loading quickly.  Please consider the degree of compression when evaluating how sharp the images on this site are.  To help you determine the level of compression, please review these samples.

Here's a sample of an image from the site:
Here's an enlarged portion of that image:
Here's an actual size 1/2 page scan at 300dpi. This is the quality of scan you would get after licensing an image to use.  Note that you could barely even see the snow hitting his face in the highly compressed versions:

If you have any questions about compression, the resolution of images on this site or general quality issues, please email mark.