TWIN REFLEX (A FILM PREMIERE IN INDIANA, PA)

It's hard to believe that it's been over a year since I joined my brother and the wonderful team at Vinegar Hill in Indiana, Pennsylvania as the set photographer for their first feature length film, Twin Reflex. As you all know, my first love is documentary photography. I love entering someone's world and telling their story. I consider it an honor when my subjects are comfortable enough with me to be themselves. Shooting on the set of Twin Reflex was easy in that regard. I was close with many of the crew - even photographed some of their weddings! But I had never photographed a production that big before. There were actors, grips, gaffers, with lots of expensive cameras, microphones, and lights. I think I stumbled around for about an hour just looking at it all before remembering I had my camera.

After a year of post-production the film was finally ready to show to an audience. And the final product makes me just about the proudest little sister in all the world. As a kid, I'd play a dozen characters at once, male and female, dead or alive, in my brother's home videos. Together, we would bait our guinea pig Co-Co-Puff with parsley to make her look like she was running from the bad guys. The only fights Michael and I would get in would be over me ruining a take or stepping in a shot I wasn't supposed to. All of these memories flooded back while I was watching the film. It is truly such a great first feature film for Vinegar Hill. If you're interested in seeing it for yourself send VH a note on their site here!





 Mikey and my sister-in-law Jocelyn. I photographed their wedding portraits here!

My dad proudly sported a TR t-shirt. So freaking adorable.






 Ronnie Desoto (AD), Michael Hartnett (DP) , Jen Thompson (producer) , David Altrogge (director)
 

 
Here's Mike and I. :) And the angelic finger antlers over his head…

Scattered around the premiere were many of the photos I took during production. It's so fun seeing my photos printed! I've taken the opportunity to post many of them below. Enjoy!

















 

TWIN REFLEX (VINEGAR HILL CREATIVE, PENNSYLVANIA)

This week I've been shooting away on the set of Twin Reflex, a film by the wonderful storytellers at Vinegar Hill. I've talked about them lots of times on my blog. (Like the time I tagged along on their NYC shoot in 2010) My brother Michael is the Director of Photography at the company and I'm sort of connected to everybody in the business some way or another. I've photographed 3 of the 5 member's weddings!

Anyways, this week has been amazing. I've always wanted to take on longer photo assignments than 6 or 7 hour weddings and this has definitely been that! It's pretty darn cold here in Pennsylvania. It's been snowing for the past two days and right now it's about 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside. But it's the best watching my brother in his element. And the entire cast and crew are excellent. I love seeing artists flourish in their field. It's not easy for anyone to find a job these days but I feel like it's especially hard for an artist to make a living doing their art. So, needless to say this week has been exciting and encouraging.

A lot of the script is top secret but the writer/director David Altrogge said I could post a few to my blog! So, do enjoy and make sure you watch the Twin Reflex trailer below.

Twin Reflex - Trailer 1 from Vinegar Hill on Vimeo.













This man's name is Bingo O'Malley and he recently appeared in the movie Super 8! I sorta geeked out because I love that movie to death. It was a pleasure having him on set.