diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/Exif/ExifConstants.cs b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/Exif/ExifConstants.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cca53ba435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/Exif/ExifConstants.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Exif
+{
+    internal static class ExifConstants
+    {
+        public static readonly byte[] Header = {
+            (byte)'E',
+            (byte)'x',
+            (byte)'i',
+            (byte)'f',
+            0x00,
+            0x00,
+            (byte)'I',
+            (byte)'I',
+            0x2A,
+            0x00,
+        };
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/Exif/ExifWriter.cs b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/Exif/ExifWriter.cs
index f7363ef314..8749c07559 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/Exif/ExifWriter.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/MetaData/Profiles/Exif/ExifWriter.cs
@@ -90,16 +90,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Exif
 
             byte[] result = new byte[length];
 
-            result[0] = (byte)'E';
-            result[1] = (byte)'x';
-            result[2] = (byte)'i';
-            result[3] = (byte)'f';
-            result[4] = 0x00;
-            result[5] = 0x00;
-            result[6] = (byte)'I';
-            result[7] = (byte)'I';
-            result[8] = 0x2A;
-            result[9] = 0x00;
+            ExifConstants.Header.AsSpan().CopyTo(result); // 0-9
 
             int i = 10;
             uint ifdOffset = ((uint)i - StartIndex) + 4;
@@ -250,7 +241,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Exif
             return length;
         }
 
-        private int WriteArray(ExifValue value, byte[] destination, int offset)
+        private int WriteArray(ExifValue value, Span<byte> destination, int offset)
         {
             if (value.DataType == ExifDataType.Ascii)
             {
@@ -266,7 +257,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Exif
             return newOffset;
         }
 
-        private int WriteData(List<int> indexes, byte[] destination, int offset)
+        private int WriteData(List<int> indexes, Span<byte> destination, int offset)
         {
             if (this.dataOffsets.Count == 0)
             {
@@ -289,7 +280,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Exif
             return newOffset;
         }
 
-        private int WriteHeaders(List<int> indexes, byte[] destination, int offset)
+        private int WriteHeaders(List<int> indexes, Span<byte> destination, int offset)
         {
             this.dataOffsets = new List<int>();
 
@@ -370,7 +361,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Exif
             }
         }
 
-        private int WriteValue(ExifValue value, byte[] destination, int offset)
+        private int WriteValue(ExifValue value, Span<byte> destination, int offset)
         {
             if (value.IsArray && value.DataType != ExifDataType.Ascii)
             {