Shooting Stock Photography: Tips and Ideas

Stock photography is a very generic term.  If you shoot images with the hopes of selling them somewhere but with no idea where, then you are capturing stock.  They are images that could sell anywhere and could show anything.  Is that broad enough for you?  It's crazy confusing and will leave most people sitting around thinking, huh, what should I shoot then?  Chances are, if it's worth you taking the time to compose a beautiful image, it's possibly salable as stock.  Stick with what you know, and capture subjects that you specialize in.