Sher became recognized for a distinct “handheld” style. He feels that: “…. a lot of it is also dictated by the actual nature of making the movie. That movie was a twenty-day shoot in New York with very little money. But I do think that represents something that I continue to do even though it’s an early film with very, very little money, which is, it has some of the same aesthetics that I still fall through on, but also a fair amount of hand held. I mean I was a little bit influenced by Woody Allen and those kind of things too.” (4) This was only the start of Lawrence Sher’s success in cinematography.
After "Kissing Jessica Stein", Sher was extremely adamant about not getting stuck as a camera assistant--this dramatically changed his career: