It is very difficult for me to come up with what to shoot for my stock portfolios. When someone presents to me a subject for a photo I typical have very little problems coming up with some creative and unique ways of shooting that subject. But I get brain locked when it comes to photo shoot ideas when it comes to stock photography. I really don’t know what sells. I think I am very uniformed when it comes to the industry of stock photos and I’m not exactly sure how to become informed about it. I think this is why I am looking for that assignment, I think its why I like the entertaining thought of working for a news paper or magazine and getting asked for pretty specific topics for photos. I am also unfamiliar with the production of a photo shoot, the whole business side of it is completely foreign to me and just like I don’t know how to become informed about the industry, I don’t know what to do to become familiar with everything that is involved in a photo shoot. Maybe at the root of it all is that I dont fully have a grasp for the value of photography. I severely under-value it. Maybe its part of my self loathing, it cant be worth that much money since I can do it, but its something that is repeating with my non-stock work as well, continually under charging for my work.