diff --git a/lib/avm/image.rb b/lib/avm/image.rb
index 4fbc93d..57570cd 100644
--- a/lib/avm/image.rb
+++ b/lib/avm/image.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ module AVM
   class Image
     attr_reader :creator
 
-    def initialize
+    def initialize(options = {})
       @creator = AVM::Creator.new(self)
+      @options = options
     end
 
     def to_xml
@@ -17,6 +18,18 @@ module AVM
       document.doc
     end
 
+    def id
+      @options[:id]
+    end
+    
+    def image_type
+      @options[:type]
+    end
+
+    def date
+      Time.parse(@options[:date])
+    end
+
     def self.from_xml(string)
       document = AVM::XMP.from_string(string)
 
@@ -24,6 +37,10 @@ module AVM
       image.creator.from_xml(self, document)
       image
     end
+
+    def method_missing(method)
+      @options[method]
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/avm/image_spec.rb b/spec/avm/image_spec.rb
index a043fa5..d0d94cf 100644
--- a/spec/avm/image_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/avm/image_spec.rb
@@ -2,14 +2,49 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 require 'avm/image'
 
 describe AVM::Image do
-  let(:image) { self.class.describes.new }
+  let(:image) { self.class.describes.new(options) }
+  let(:options) { {} }
 
   subject { image }
 
   describe '#initialize' do
     it { should be_a_kind_of(AVM::Image) }
 
+    let(:options) { { 
+      :title => title, 
+      :headline => headline, 
+      :description => description, 
+      :distance_notes => distance_notes, 
+      :reference_url => reference_url, 
+      :credit => credit, 
+      :date => date, 
+      :id => id, 
+      :type => type, 
+      :image_quality => image_quality 
+    } }
+
+    let(:title) { 'My title' }
+    let(:headline) { 'Headline' }
+    let(:description) { 'Description' }
+    let(:distance_notes) { 'Distance Notes' }
+    let(:reference_url) { 'Reference URL' }
+    let(:credit) { 'Credit' }
+    let(:date) { '2010-01-01' }
+    let(:id) { 'ID' }
+    let(:type) { 'Obvservation' }
+    let(:image_quality) { 'Good' }
+
     its(:creator) { should be_a_kind_of(AVM::Creator) }
+    its(:title) { should == title }
+    its(:headline) { should == headline }
+    its(:description) { should == description }
+    its(:distance_notes) { should == distance_notes }
+    its(:reference_url) { should == reference_url }
+    its(:credit) { should == credit }
+    its(:date) { should == Time.parse(date) }
+    its(:id) { should == id }
+    its(:image_type) { should == type }
+    its(:image_quality) { should == image_quality }
   end
 
   describe '#to_xml' do