diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
index 300814421..52a367645 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Experimental.Tiff
         /// </summary>
         private readonly MemoryAllocator memoryAllocator;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A scratch buffer to reduce allocations.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly byte[] buffer = new byte[4];
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The global configuration.
         /// </summary>
@@ -238,15 +243,17 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Experimental.Tiff
                 writer.Write(ExifWriter.GetNumberOfComponents(entry));
 
                 uint length = ExifWriter.GetLength(entry);
-                var raw = new byte[length];
-                int sz = ExifWriter.WriteValue(entry, raw, 0);
-                DebugGuard.IsTrue(sz == raw.Length, "Incorrect number of bytes written");
-                if (raw.Length <= 4)
+                if (length <= 4)
                 {
-                    writer.WritePadded(raw);
+                    int sz = ExifWriter.WriteValue(entry, this.buffer, 0);
+                    DebugGuard.IsTrue(sz == length, "Incorrect number of bytes written");
+                    writer.WritePadded(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, sz));
                 }
                 else
                 {
+                    var raw = new byte[length];
+                    int sz = ExifWriter.WriteValue(entry, raw, 0);
+                    DebugGuard.IsTrue(sz == raw.Length, "Incorrect number of bytes written");
                     largeDataBlocks.Add(raw);
                     writer.Write(dataOffset);
                     dataOffset += (uint)(raw.Length + (raw.Length % 2));
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Writers/TiffStreamWriter.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Writers/TiffStreamWriter.cs
index 39d46c878..7a49d4b82 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Writers/TiffStreamWriter.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Writers/TiffStreamWriter.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
 using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Experimental.Tiff.Writers
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Experimental.Tiff.Writers
     {
         private static readonly byte[] PaddingBytes = new byte[4];
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A scratch buffer to reduce allocations.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly byte[] buffer = new byte[4];
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TiffStreamWriter"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Experimental.Tiff.Writers
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes an empty four bytes to the stream, returning the offset to be written later.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The offset to be written later</returns>
+        /// <returns>The offset to be written later.</returns>
         public long PlaceMarker()
         {
             long offset = this.BaseStream.Position;
@@ -69,8 +75,16 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Experimental.Tiff.Writers
         /// <param name="value">The two-byte unsigned integer to write.</param>
         public void Write(ushort value)
         {
-            byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-            this.BaseStream.Write(bytes, 0, 2);
+            if (this.IsLittleEndian)
+            {
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(this.buffer, value);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16BigEndian(this.buffer, value);
+            }
+
+            this.BaseStream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 2));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -79,21 +93,29 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Experimental.Tiff.Writers
         /// <param name="value">The four-byte unsigned integer to write.</param>
         public void Write(uint value)
         {
-            byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(value);
-            this.BaseStream.Write(bytes, 0, 4);
+            if (this.IsLittleEndian)
+            {
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(this.buffer, value);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32BigEndian(this.buffer, value);
+            }
+
+            this.BaseStream.Write(this.buffer.AsSpan(0, 4));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes an array of bytes to the current stream, padded to four-bytes.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="value">The bytes to write.</param>
-        public void WritePadded(byte[] value)
+        public void WritePadded(Span<byte> value)
         {
-            this.BaseStream.Write(value, 0, value.Length);
+            this.BaseStream.Write(value);
 
-            if (value.Length < 4)
+            if (value.Length % 4 != 0)
             {
-                this.BaseStream.Write(PaddingBytes, 0, 4 - value.Length);
+                this.BaseStream.Write(PaddingBytes, 0, 4 - (value.Length % 4));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/Utils/TiffWriterTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/Utils/TiffWriterTests.cs
index 7ea2e4cc4..b1389cec5 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/Utils/TiffWriterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/Utils/TiffWriterTests.cs
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff.Utils
         }
 
         [Theory]
-        [InlineData(new byte[] { }, new byte[] { 0, 0, 0, 0 })]
+        [InlineData(new byte[] { }, new byte[] { })]
         [InlineData(new byte[] { 2 }, new byte[] { 2, 0, 0, 0 })]
         [InlineData(new byte[] { 2, 4 }, new byte[] { 2, 4, 0, 0 })]
         [InlineData(new byte[] { 2, 4, 6 }, new byte[] { 2, 4, 6, 0 })]
         [InlineData(new byte[] { 2, 4, 6, 8 }, new byte[] { 2, 4, 6, 8 })]
-        [InlineData(new byte[] { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 }, new byte[] { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 })]
+        [InlineData(new byte[] { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 }, new byte[] { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 0, 0 })]
+
         public void WritePadded_WritesByteArray(byte[] bytes, byte[] expectedResult)
         {
             using var stream = new MemoryStream();