diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/MetadataExtensions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/MetadataExtensions.cs
index b9da86fc4..c1cd3b153 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/MetadataExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/MetadataExtensions.cs
@@ -17,12 +17,5 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
         /// <param name="metadata">The metadata this method extends.</param>
         /// <returns>The <see cref="TiffMetadata"/>.</returns>
         public static TiffMetadata GetTiffMetadata(this ImageMetadata metadata) => metadata.GetFormatMetadata(TiffFormat.Instance);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the tiff format specific metadata for the image frame.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="metadata">The metadata this method extends.</param>
-        /// <returns>The <see cref="TiffFrameMetadata"/>.</returns>
-        public static TiffFrameMetadata GetTiffMetadata(this ImageFrameMetadata metadata) => metadata.GetFormatMetadata(TiffFormat.Instance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
index da0d73832..31c91c590 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
             ImageFrameMetadata imageFrameMetaData = this.ignoreMetadata ?
                 new ImageFrameMetadata() :
                 new ImageFrameMetadata { ExifProfile = tags, XmpProfile = tags.GetValue(ExifTag.XMP)?.Value };
-            tiffFrameMetaData = imageFrameMetaData.GetTiffMetadata();
-            tiffFrameMetaData.Initialize(tags);
+            tiffFrameMetaData = new TiffFrameMetadata(tags);
 
             this.VerifyAndParse(tiffFrameMetaData);
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
index 24fd46526..6faab8383 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
             this.configuration = image.GetConfiguration();
             ImageMetadata metadata = image.Metadata;
             TiffMetadata tiffMetadata = metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
-            TiffFrameMetadata rootFrameMetaData = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            TiffPhotometricInterpretation rootFramePhotometricInterpretation = GetRootFramePhotometricInterpretation(image);
             TiffPhotometricInterpretation photometricInterpretation = this.Mode == TiffEncodingMode.ColorPalette
-                ? TiffPhotometricInterpretation.PaletteColor : rootFrameMetaData.PhotometricInterpretation;
+                ? TiffPhotometricInterpretation.PaletteColor : rootFramePhotometricInterpretation;
 
             this.SetMode(tiffMetadata, photometricInterpretation);
             this.SetBitsPerPixel(tiffMetadata);
@@ -375,5 +375,15 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
                     break;
             }
         }
+
+        private static TiffPhotometricInterpretation GetRootFramePhotometricInterpretation(Image image)
+        {
+            ExifProfile exifProfile = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
+            TiffPhotometricInterpretation rootFramePhotometricInterpretation =
+                exifProfile?.GetValue(ExifTag.PhotometricInterpretation) != null
+                    ? (TiffPhotometricInterpretation)exifProfile?.GetValue(ExifTag.PhotometricInterpretation).Value
+                    : TiffPhotometricInterpretation.WhiteIsZero;
+            return rootFramePhotometricInterpretation;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFormat.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFormat.cs
index ffae32093..bf0c4ebb1 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFormat.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFormat.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
     /// <summary>
     /// Encapsulates the means to encode and decode Tiff images.
     /// </summary>
-    public class TiffFormat : IImageFormat<TiffMetadata, TiffFrameMetadata>
+    public class TiffFormat : IImageFormat<TiffMetadata>
     {
         private TiffFormat()
         {
@@ -35,8 +35,5 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public TiffMetadata CreateDefaultFormatMetadata() => new TiffMetadata();
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public TiffFrameMetadata CreateDefaultFormatFrameMetadata() => new TiffFrameMetadata();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFrameMetadata.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFrameMetadata.cs
index f237ed329..b5b874063 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFrameMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffFrameMetadata.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides Tiff specific metadata information for the frame.
     /// </summary>
-    public class TiffFrameMetadata : IDeepCloneable
+    internal class TiffFrameMetadata : IDeepCloneable
     {
         private const TiffPlanarConfiguration DefaultPlanarConfiguration = TiffPlanarConfiguration.Chunky;
 
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderTests.cs
index f24ce0c64..d9ffc7897 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderTests.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Constants;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata.Profiles.Exif;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestUtilities.ImageComparison;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.TestUtilities.ReferenceCodecs;
@@ -49,9 +50,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             memStream.Position = 0;
             using var output = Image.Load<Rgba32>(Configuration, memStream);
             TiffMetadata meta = output.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
-            TiffFrameMetadata frameMetaData = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            ExifProfile exifProfile = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
             Assert.Equal(expectedBitsPerPixel, meta.BitsPerPixel);
-            Assert.Equal(TiffCompression.None, frameMetaData.Compression);
+            Assert.Equal(TiffCompression.None, (TiffCompression)exifProfile.GetValue(ExifTag.Compression).Value);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -73,9 +74,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             memStream.Position = 0;
             using var output = Image.Load<Rgba32>(Configuration, memStream);
             TiffMetadata meta = output.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
-            TiffFrameMetadata frameMetaData = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            ExifProfile exifProfile = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
             Assert.Equal(bitsPerPixel, meta.BitsPerPixel);
-            Assert.Equal(TiffCompression.None, frameMetaData.Compression);
+            Assert.Equal(TiffCompression.None, (TiffCompression)exifProfile.GetValue(ExifTag.Compression).Value);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -113,9 +114,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             memStream.Position = 0;
             using var output = Image.Load<Rgba32>(Configuration, memStream);
             TiffMetadata meta = output.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
-            TiffFrameMetadata frameMetaData = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            ExifProfile exifProfile = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
             Assert.Equal(expectedBitsPerPixel, meta.BitsPerPixel);
-            Assert.Equal(expectedCompression, frameMetaData.Compression);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedCompression, (TiffCompression)exifProfile.GetValue(ExifTag.Compression).Value);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             memStream.Position = 0;
             using var output = Image.Load<Rgba32>(Configuration, memStream);
             TiffMetadata meta = output.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
-            TiffFrameMetadata frameMetaData = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            ExifProfile exifProfile = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
             Assert.Equal(TiffBitsPerPixel.Bit1, meta.BitsPerPixel);
-            Assert.Equal(expectedCompression, frameMetaData.Compression);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedCompression, (TiffCompression)exifProfile.GetValue(ExifTag.Compression).Value);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -337,7 +338,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             var tiffEncoder = new TiffEncoder() { Mode = mode, Compression = compression };
             using Image<TPixel> input = provider.GetImage();
             using var memStream = new MemoryStream();
-            TiffFrameMetadata inputMeta = input.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            ExifProfile exifProfileInput = input.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
+            var inputMeta = new TiffFrameMetadata(exifProfileInput);
 
             // act
             input.Save(memStream, tiffEncoder);
@@ -345,14 +347,15 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             // assert
             memStream.Position = 0;
             using var output = Image.Load<Rgba32>(Configuration, memStream);
-            TiffFrameMetadata meta = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            ExifProfile exifProfileOutput = output.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
+            var outputMeta = new TiffFrameMetadata(exifProfileOutput);
             ImageFrame<Rgba32> rootFrame = output.Frames.RootFrame;
 
-            Assert.True(output.Height > (int)meta.RowsPerStrip);
-            Assert.True(meta.StripOffsets.Length > 1);
-            Assert.True(meta.StripByteCounts.Length > 1);
+            Assert.True(output.Height > (int)outputMeta.RowsPerStrip);
+            Assert.True(outputMeta.StripOffsets.Length > 1);
+            Assert.True(outputMeta.StripByteCounts.Length > 1);
 
-            foreach (Number sz in meta.StripByteCounts)
+            foreach (Number sz in outputMeta.StripByteCounts)
             {
                 Assert.True((uint)sz <= TiffConstants.DefaultStripSize);
             }
@@ -360,11 +363,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             // For uncompressed more accurate test.
             if (compression == TiffCompression.None)
             {
-                for (int i = 0; i < meta.StripByteCounts.Length - 1; i++)
+                for (int i = 0; i < outputMeta.StripByteCounts.Length - 1; i++)
                 {
                     // The difference must be less than one row.
-                    int stripBytes = (int)meta.StripByteCounts[i];
-                    int widthBytes = (meta.BitsPerPixel + 7) / 8 * rootFrame.Width;
+                    int stripBytes = (int)outputMeta.StripByteCounts[i];
+                    int widthBytes = (outputMeta.BitsPerPixel + 7) / 8 * rootFrame.Width;
 
                     Assert.True((TiffConstants.DefaultStripSize - stripBytes) < widthBytes);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs
index 66a90418b..1c2793080 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
         {
             using (Image<TPixel> image = provider.GetImage(TiffDecoder))
             {
-                TiffFrameMetadata meta = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+                ExifProfile exifProfile = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
+                var meta = new TiffFrameMetadata(exifProfile);
                 var cloneSameAsSampleMetaData = (TiffFrameMetadata)meta.DeepClone();
                 VerifyExpectedTiffFrameMetaDataIsPresent(cloneSameAsSampleMetaData);
 
@@ -168,9 +169,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
                 Assert.Equal(4, exifProfile.GetValue(ExifTag.Rating).Value);
                 Assert.Equal(75, exifProfile.GetValue(ExifTag.RatingPercent).Value);
 
-                TiffFrameMetadata tiffFrameMetadata = rootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
-                Assert.NotNull(tiffFrameMetadata);
-
                 ImageMetadata imageMetaData = image.Metadata;
                 Assert.NotNull(imageMetaData);
                 Assert.Equal(PixelResolutionUnit.PixelsPerInch, imageMetaData.ResolutionUnits);
@@ -182,12 +180,14 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
                 Assert.Equal(ByteOrder.LittleEndian, tiffMetaData.ByteOrder);
                 Assert.Equal(TiffBitsPerPixel.Bit4, tiffMetaData.BitsPerPixel);
 
+                var tiffFrameMetadata = new TiffFrameMetadata(exifProfile);
                 VerifyExpectedTiffFrameMetaDataIsPresent(tiffFrameMetadata);
             }
         }
 
         private static void VerifyExpectedTiffFrameMetaDataIsPresent(TiffFrameMetadata frameMetaData)
         {
+            Assert.NotNull(frameMetaData);
             Assert.Equal(TiffBitsPerSample.Bit4, frameMetaData.BitsPerSample);
             Assert.Equal(TiffCompression.Lzw, frameMetaData.Compression);
             Assert.Equal(TiffPhotometricInterpretation.PaletteColor, frameMetaData.PhotometricInterpretation);
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
 
                 Assert.Equal(2, image.Frames.Count);
 
-                TiffFrameMetadata frame0MetaData = image.Frames[0].Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+                var frame0MetaData = new TiffFrameMetadata(image.Frames[0].Metadata.ExifProfile);
                 Assert.Equal(TiffNewSubfileType.FullImage, frame0MetaData.SubfileType);
                 Assert.Equal(255, image.Frames[0].Width);
                 Assert.Equal(255, image.Frames[0].Height);
 
-                TiffFrameMetadata frame1MetaData = image.Frames[1].Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+                var frame1MetaData = new TiffFrameMetadata(image.Frames[1].Metadata.ExifProfile);
                 Assert.Equal(TiffNewSubfileType.Preview, frame1MetaData.SubfileType);
                 Assert.Equal(255, image.Frames[1].Width);
                 Assert.Equal(255, image.Frames[1].Height);
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
 
             ImageMetadata inputMetaData = image.Metadata;
             TiffMetadata tiffMetaInput = image.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
-            TiffFrameMetadata frameMetaInput = image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            var frameMetaInput = new TiffFrameMetadata(image.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile);
             ImageFrame<TPixel> rootFrameInput = image.Frames.RootFrame;
             byte[] xmpProfileInput = rootFrameInput.Metadata.XmpProfile;
             ExifProfile rootFrameExifProfileInput = rootFrameInput.Metadata.ExifProfile;
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
             ImageMetadata encodedImageMetaData = encodedImage.Metadata;
             TiffMetadata tiffMetaDataEncodedImage = encodedImageMetaData.GetTiffMetadata();
             ImageFrame<Rgba32> rootFrameEncodedImage = encodedImage.Frames.RootFrame;
-            TiffFrameMetadata tiffMetaDataEncodedRootFrame = rootFrameEncodedImage.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
+            var tiffMetaDataEncodedRootFrame = new TiffFrameMetadata(rootFrameEncodedImage.Metadata.ExifProfile);
             ExifProfile encodedImageExifProfile = rootFrameEncodedImage.Metadata.ExifProfile;
             byte[] encodedImageXmpProfile = rootFrameEncodedImage.Metadata.XmpProfile;