diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f371605..3a2f809 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ visitor := func(indexedIfdName string, tagId uint16, tagType exif.TagType, value
     return nil
 }
 
-err = e.Parse(data[foundAt:], visitor)
+err = e.Visit(data[foundAt:], visitor)
 log.PanicIf(err)
 ```
 
diff --git a/exif-read-tool/main.go b/exif-read-tool/main.go
index 3a34434..dbd53e3 100644
--- a/exif-read-tool/main.go
+++ b/exif-read-tool/main.go
@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ func main() {
         return nil
     }
 
-    err = e.Parse(data[foundAt:], visitor)
+    err = e.Visit(data[foundAt:], visitor)
     log.PanicIf(err)
 }
diff --git a/exif.go b/exif.go
index 97a50db..5d55142 100644
--- a/exif.go
+++ b/exif.go
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import (
 
 var (
     exifLogger = log.NewLogger("exif.exif")
+)
+
+var (
     ErrNotExif = errors.New("not exif data")
+    ErrExifHeaderError = errors.New("exif header error")
 )
 
 type Exif struct {
@@ -30,7 +34,13 @@ func (e *Exif) IsExif(data []byte) (ok bool) {
     return false
 }
 
-func (e *Exif) Parse(data []byte, visitor TagVisitor) (err error) {
+
+type ExifHeader struct {
+    ByteOrder binary.ByteOrder
+    FirstIfdOffset uint32
+}
+
+func (e *Exif) ParseExifHeader(data []byte) (eh ExifHeader, err error) {
     defer func() {
         if state := recover(); state != nil {
             err = log.Wrap(state.(error))
@@ -57,8 +67,8 @@ func (e *Exif) Parse(data []byte, visitor TagVisitor) (err error) {
 
     fixedBytes := data[8:10]
     if fixedBytes[0] != 0x2a || fixedBytes[1] != 0x00 {
-        exifLogger.Warningf(nil, "EXIF app-data header fixed-bytes should be 0x002a but are: [%v]", fixedBytes)
-        return nil
+        exifLogger.Warningf(nil, "EXIF header fixed-bytes should be 0x002a but are: [%v]", fixedBytes)
+        log.Panic(ErrExifHeaderError)
     }
 
     firstIfdOffset := uint32(0)
@@ -68,9 +78,27 @@ func (e *Exif) Parse(data []byte, visitor TagVisitor) (err error) {
         firstIfdOffset = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(data[10:14])
     }
 
-    ie := NewIfdEnumerate(data, byteOrder)
+    eh = ExifHeader{
+        ByteOrder: byteOrder,
+        FirstIfdOffset: firstIfdOffset,
+    }
 
-    err = ie.Scan(IfdStandard, firstIfdOffset, visitor)
+    return eh, nil
+}
+
+func (e *Exif) Visit(data []byte, visitor TagVisitor) (err error) {
+    defer func() {
+        if state := recover(); state != nil {
+            err = log.Wrap(state.(error))
+        }
+    }()
+
+    eh, err := e.ParseExifHeader(data)
+    log.PanicIf(err)
+
+    ie := NewIfdEnumerate(data, eh.ByteOrder)
+
+    err = ie.Scan(IfdStandard, eh.FirstIfdOffset, visitor)
     log.PanicIf(err)
 
     return nil
diff --git a/exif_test.go b/exif_test.go
index ff0ee07..d5432f7 100644
--- a/exif_test.go
+++ b/exif_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestIsExif_False(t *testing.T) {
     }
 }
 
-func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
+func TestVisit(t *testing.T) {
     defer func() {
         if state := recover(); state != nil {
             err := log.Wrap(state.(error))
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
         return nil
     }
 
-    err = e.Parse(data[foundAt:], visitor)
+    err = e.Visit(data[foundAt:], visitor)
     log.PanicIf(err)
 
     // for _, line := range tags {
diff --git a/ifd_enumerate.go b/ifd_enumerate.go
index 760168c..d5d1d04 100644
--- a/ifd_enumerate.go
+++ b/ifd_enumerate.go
@@ -124,9 +124,21 @@ func (ie *IfdEnumerate) getTagEnumerator(ifdOffset uint32) (ite *IfdTagEnumerato
 // the offsets of all IFDs and values are calculated from).
 type TagVisitor func(indexedIfdName string, tagId uint16, tagType TagType, valueContext ValueContext) (err error)
 
-// parseIfd decodes the IFD block that we're currently sitting on the first
+
+type IfdTagEntry struct {
+    TagId uint16
+    TagIndex int
+    TagType uint16
+    UnitCount uint32
+    ValueOffset uint32
+    RawValueOffset []byte
+    IsIfd bool
+}
+
+
+// ParseIfd decodes the IFD block that we're currently sitting on the first
 // byte of.
-func (ie *IfdEnumerate) parseIfd(ifdName string, ifdIndex int, ifdOffset uint32, visitor TagVisitor) (nextIfdOffset uint32, err error) {
+func (ie *IfdEnumerate) ParseIfd(ifdName string, ifdIndex int, ifdOffset uint32, visitor TagVisitor, doDescend bool) (nextIfdOffset uint32, entries []IfdTagEntry, err error) {
     defer func() {
         if state := recover(); state != nil {
             err = log.Wrap(state.(error))
@@ -155,6 +167,8 @@ func (ie *IfdEnumerate) parseIfd(ifdName string, ifdIndex int, ifdOffset uint32,
 
     ifdLogger.Debugf(nil, "Current IFD tag-count: (%d)", tagCount)
 
+    entries = make([]IfdTagEntry, tagCount)
+
     for i := uint16(0); i < tagCount; i++ {
         tagId, _, err := ite.getUint16()
         log.PanicIf(err)
@@ -182,13 +196,28 @@ func (ie *IfdEnumerate) parseIfd(ifdName string, ifdIndex int, ifdOffset uint32,
             log.PanicIf(err)
         }
 
+        tag := IfdTagEntry{
+            TagId: tagId,
+            TagIndex: int(i),
+            TagType: tagType,
+            UnitCount: unitCount,
+            ValueOffset: valueOffset,
+            RawValueOffset: rawValueOffset,
+        }
+
         childIfdName, isIfd := IsIfdTag(tagId)
         if isIfd == true {
-            ifdLogger.Debugf(nil, "Descending to IFD [%s].", childIfdName)
+            tag.IsIfd = true
 
-            err := ie.Scan(childIfdName, valueOffset, visitor)
-            log.PanicIf(err)
+            if doDescend == true {
+                ifdLogger.Debugf(nil, "Descending to IFD [%s].", childIfdName)
+
+                err := ie.Scan(childIfdName, valueOffset, visitor)
+                log.PanicIf(err)
+            }
         }
+
+        entries[i] = tag
     }
 
     nextIfdOffset, _, err = ite.getUint32()
@@ -196,7 +225,7 @@ func (ie *IfdEnumerate) parseIfd(ifdName string, ifdIndex int, ifdOffset uint32,
 
     ifdLogger.Debugf(nil, "Next IFD at offset: (%08x)", nextIfdOffset)
 
-    return nextIfdOffset, nil
+    return nextIfdOffset, entries, nil
 }
 
 // Scan enumerates the different EXIF blocks (called IFDs).
@@ -208,7 +237,7 @@ func (ie *IfdEnumerate) Scan(ifdName string, ifdOffset uint32, visitor TagVisito
     }()
 
     for ifdIndex := 0;; ifdIndex++ {
-        nextIfdOffset, err := ie.parseIfd(ifdName, ifdIndex, ifdOffset, visitor)
+        nextIfdOffset, _, err := ie.ParseIfd(ifdName, ifdIndex, ifdOffset, visitor, true)
         log.PanicIf(err)
 
         if nextIfdOffset == 0 {