Subclassing the Django ImageFileField

Question

I\'m interested in subclassing django\'s ImageFileField to allow access to the image IPTC metadata, something like:

>>> from myapp.models import SomeMod         


        

Answer 1

UPDATE: I have figured this one out -- thanks in part to the answer @valya provided. An example of a successful implementation can be found in my fork of django-imagekit:

https://github.com/fish2000/django-imagekit/blob/icc-develop/imagekit/modelfields.py