Loading BitmapImage from disk

While loading image in XAML is pretty easy (use <Image Source="xx.jpg"/>), it is not so straight forward to load an ImageSource from a file. (I always forget how to do this). So here is the code which might help you all. I have also specified some commented code which can be used to get thumbnails out of the image and other options like caching, etc.

ImageSource LoadImage(string filePath)
        {
            BitmapImage img = new BitmapImage();
            try
            {

                img.BeginInit();
                img.UriSource = new Uri(filePath, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
                img.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
                //img.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.DelayCreation;
                img.DecodePixelWidth = 50;
                //img.DecodePixelHeight = 200;
                img.EndInit();
            }

            catch
            {
            }
            return img;

        }

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