Convert image path to base64 string

using (Image image = Image.FromFile(Path))
{
    using (MemoryStream m = new MemoryStream())
    {
        image.Save(m, image.RawFormat);
        byte[] imageBytes = m.ToArray();

        // Convert byte[] to Base64 String
        string base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
        return base64String;
    }
}
OR

public class Base64Image
{
    public static Base64Image Parse(string base64Content)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(base64Content))
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(base64Content));
        }

        int indexOfSemiColon = base64Content.IndexOf(";", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);

        string dataLabel = base64Content.Substring(0, indexOfSemiColon);

        string contentType = dataLabel.Split(':').Last();

        var startIndex = base64Content.IndexOf("base64,", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) + 7;

        var fileContents = base64Content.Substring(startIndex);

        var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(fileContents);

        return new Base64Image
        {
            ContentType = contentType,
            FileContents = bytes
        };
    }

    public string ContentType { get; set; }

    public byte[] FileContents { get; set; }

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return $"data:{ContentType};base64,{Convert.ToBase64String(FileContents)}";
    }
}

var base64Img = new Base64Image { 
  FileContents = File.ReadAllBytes("Path to image"), 
  ContentType="image/png" 
};

string base64EncodedImg = base64Img.ToString();