The day fourteen-year-old Asher receives a Minolta camera from his aunt Sharon, he buys the last roll of black-and-white film and takes his first photograph-a picture of a twisted pine tree. He€s so preoccupied with his new hobby he fails to notice his dad€s plan to move out, his increasing alienation from his testosterone-ridden best friend, Levi, and his own budding sexuality. When his little brother drowns at the same moment Asher experiences his first same-sex kiss, he can no longer hide behind the lens of his camera. Asher thinks it€s his fault, but after his brother dies, his father resurfaces along with clues challenging Asher€s black-and-white view of the world. The truth is as twisted as the pine tree in his first photograph.