Welcome to Mayhem! Having little experience, & an undeveloped portfolio, it is both unrealistic and unreasonable to be demanding Paid Only Assignments at the very start! People here will just skip past you, to someone else! Also, Paid shoots do NOT also include photos for you, so they won't help build a portfolio. Instead, you should seek to do many trade (TFP/TFCD) shoots, with good photographers, that "pay" you in quality images. You will gain a better portfolio and valuable experience, and then are in a better position to start asking for pay. For Compensation, it would be much better to say Depends on Assignment. Enjoy the site! :)