Although Lin was initially enamored with "aesthetic" photography, his experience as a news photographer, an occupation he pursued for nearly 20 years, soon gave him the ability to observe things more naturally and objectively.
攝影生命的有限、世事變遷的無奈、傳統價值的追尋，以及自我鞭策的焦急心情，在他的話語與作品中隱然可見。林權助作品有幾個共通特色：第一，他的構圖簡單、明瞭，而不流於匠氣。