I thought we had an agreement ...

where I model and you throw the ball?

I appreciate it may be difficult to operate your camera with drippy fingers but you should have thought about that earlier .... 

Maddie, a friendly boxer belonging to two of our friends.  I had gone to photograph blubells in the wood behind their garden but there was just enough breeze to make that difficult.  Maddie is usually up for a game of 'throw the punctured football'  and has a particularly effective pleading look.