To apply Plato's suggestion: If you know where you fit, in the vast spectrum of the world of photography, you'll have easy sledding when it comes to marketing your pictures.
Why? First of all, there's no one quite like you. You have a treasure of experiences: knowledge, know-how, and interests. Plus, you are a talented photographer. When you know your own strengths and select your markets accordingly, you'll find that photobuyers like to work with photographers whose files of stock photos match their layout needs. In other words, you speak their language.
Know thyself. You are an important resource to photo editors, if you do your homework and find the photobuyers whose photo needs match the photos you like to take.
'SERVICE' PHOTOGRAPHY:
Many newcomers to the field of stock photography initially set their goals toward advertising, PR, industrial, fashion, and assignment photography. These and similar "work for hire" areas are what we call "service" photography. Clients pay for your services - at your day rate - to shoot their visual needs.
There are drawbacks, however. Assignments don't come easy. Service photography is a fast-paced existence. ("We need the picture yesterday.") Your pictures rarely belong to you. (Work-for-hire means in most cases that the client owns the copyright.) Your pictures are often "art-directed." ("We want a girl with blonde hair and a 1960’s red dress.") The resulting photographs have limited "lasting value." (Have you ever looked at a graphic-design annual of the year's best photographs? --from 1995?) However, the large fees you receive may make the service photography area attractive to you.
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