(string)Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, $image)->resize($size)
Example 1:
(string)Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'back_image')->resize(300)
Example 2:
(string)Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image')->resize(250)
or
Example 3 (origional image without resize):
$_product->getMediaConfig()->getMediaUrl($_product->getData('image'))