Added an example script that manipulates EXIF metadata in an image.

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+#!//usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from pyexiv2 import ImageMetadata, ExifTag
+
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Read an image file's metadata
+    image_file = sys.argv[1]
+    metadata = ImageMetadata(image_file)
+    metadata.read()
+
+    # Print a list of all the keys of the EXIF tags in the image
+    print metadata.exif_keys
+
+    # Print the value of the Exif.Image.DateTime tag
+    print metadata['Exif.Image.DateTime']
+
+    # Set the value of the Exif.Image.DateTime tag
+    metadata['Exif.Image.DateTime'].value = datetime.now()
+
+    # Add a new tag
+    metadata['Exif.Image.Orientation'] = ExifTag('Exif.Image.Orientation', 1)
+
+    # Write back the metadata to the file
+    metadata.write()
+