Photographic elements containing high-boiling esters

The invention disclosed is a photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion and at least one high-boiling solvent of structure I, below: wherein: m is 0, 1 or 2; each R1 is an individually selected alkyl group with up to four carbon atoms; n is 2 to 5; each R2 and R3 may be the same or different and is individually selected from hydrogen or an alkyl group with up to four carbon atoms; p is 0 to 3; each R4 is independently a methyl or ethyl group; and the sum of the number of carbon atoms in each R1 plus each R2 plus each R3 plus each R4 taken together is three to seven.