image file path to byte[] format

private byte[] imgStream(string filePath)
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
tryagain:
try
{ Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(filePath);
  bmp.Save(stream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
}
catch (Exception ex) { goto tryagain; }
return stream.ToArray();
}

System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#D8BFD8");