SerializeImageToXML.cs

/// <summary>
/// Serialize an image byte[] to an XML byte[]
/// </summary>
/// <param name="imageBuffer">Byte[] of the image to be serialized into XML</param>
/// <returns>Byte[] of the XML</returns>
private static byte[] SerializeImageToXML(byte[] imageBuffer)
{
    XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(byte[]));

    using (MemoryStream myFileStream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        x.Serialize(myFileStream, imageBuffer);

        return myFileStream.ToArray();
    }
}