Marenvo

Personal Statement by Maren Volden Smehagen

I believe my biggest strength is my imagination. Since I was little I have always been very interested in pictures, paintings, commercials and advertising. My interest for photography started to grow when I was around ten years old. I bought my very own first DSLR-camera for my confirmation money, and from there it all began. Now, I have expanded my skills a lot and have become much more confident in my photographing.

I love Fashion Photography, Portraits and pictures with a lot of feelings in them. I am very concerned with light, because light can fully make an entire picture itself. I think it is fascinating how pictures can affect people. We can get sad, happy, frustrated and angry just from looking at a picture. I want to make people feel that way from looking at my pictures.

Media is in a way controlling the world’s development, and I would like to combine my passion for photography and advertising with education, and hopefully build my career out of that. Photography is a creative and artistic way of expressing myself, and it is exactly that I hope to continue doing in the future. My dream is to become a successful photographer, and to make a living out of that. Therefore, I would like to take a photography education to combine my interest and passion with my education.

I am not the type of girl who would enjoy having a nine to five job. I enjoy doing new things every day, and make every day special. I would like to study abroad because English is the world language, and within business and media communication with different people from all over the world is incredibly important. Living in the countries speaking the language will help me become more fluent in the language. Also, it can be a great experience living in another country with a different culture and different people.