Pictures over Web Services - Service side

gistfile1.cs

[WebMethod]
public string GetPicture() { 
  // Load the picture 
  Image img = Image.FromFile("Path/To/Picture.jpg"); 
  // Create a memory stream, and put the image contents into it. 
  MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); 
  img.Save(stream, img.RawFormat); 
  // return data, encoded in Base64 
  return Convert.ToBase64String(stream.ToArray()); 
}