Helen is a contract killer in fact she’s well know for her pulp fiction impersonations at network meetings up and down 4N networking in Essex. I’d recently been working on a fashion moodboard involving women and guns and thought Helen represented an excellent opportunity to run with the idea given her line of work.
Now while Helen is the front for the contract killing operation she doesn’t like to get her hands dirty. The shoot involved getting up close and personal with a couple of dead rats that Ray had managed to finish off! The shoot took place at Combat Pests HQ and a few deserted back lanes close by. We’d discussed style prior to the shoot day and Helen dressed accordingly. The shoot itself lasted about 3 hours and was enjoyed by all.
The images from the shoot now adorn Combat Pest’s twitter profile and facebook page. A few of my favourite images are shown below.
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Helen Putman of Combat Pests
Here is a little more info on Helen and Combat Pests in her own words.
Helen, with her partner Ray, runs a contract killing operation, or as others prefer to call it a pest control business. Operating throughout North London and East Anglia their HQ is based just outside Colchester, amongst the leafy lanes of Eight Ash Green.
The technical work is carried out by Ray and his team, helping keep businesses and households free of vermin. These include rats, mice, cockroaches, fleas and the occasional few thousand drunken wasps (in autumn when they get inebriated on the fermenting fruit). All the latest techniques are applied and humane methods are always used, in this line of work it is essential that you are constantly re-training and using up-to-date processes. Pest prevention is far more preferable than reacting to a problem – often businesses realise it is better to have a reasonably priced contract than total closure to deal with an emergency.
Helen’s previous business life involved corporate operations at a senior level, meaning long hours and lots of travel all of which was not conducive with a young family. Now she is responsible for ensuring the non-technical aspects of the business are running smoothly, plus promoting the business in all manner of ways. This includes regular networking, where she is known to don black suit, tie, sunglasses and perform a ‘pulp fiction/men in black routine’ – thankfully she avoided the monochrome look for the photographic shoot!! Another feature of her networking slot is poetry – having written daft ditties for years it seemed a natural to include them in her business presentation.
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You can contact Helen via her website http://www.combatpests.co.uk or follow her on twitter @CombatPests
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