I photographed this Walnut leaf on Wednesday in my backyard. I needed to expose a role of film so I could give a film processing demo in my 101 class the next day. The image has a poetic softness about it. It was 5pm before I got home and light was waining so I ended up photographing this at f/2.8 at 1/60th of a second.
We didn’t get any walnuts this year. The tree is old and has become more of a bush so I only see walnuts about every other year. I actually don’t harvest any because the squirrels take every last one. I don’t mind though. I’ve heard that the squirrels in your yard are your resident family that stay for years. I like watching the bushy tells as they chase each other every spring.
After a busy week it was 1:30 pm and I decided to make a quick print before calling it a day. I managed to make two prints of this image and cut a matboard for it and log it into my print registry all by 3pm. I wrapped up just in time to meet my friends Jay and Cindy for coffee and cookie at their house.
DARKROOM MASTER PROVENANCE RECORD
Registry Serial: IRA-SGRC-2026-R001.24-AP1
Medium: SGRC on Ilford Multigrade RC
Capture Format: 35mm Film (Nikon F100, 50mm)
Dimensions: 6.5×4.5 inches
Impression: Artist’s Proof AP1
Darkroom Chemistry: Polymax Stock
Negative Exposed: Oct 27, 2026
Printed: Oct 30, 2026
Curatorial Status: In Studio Archive
