Icons of Cigars™ — Edgar “One Shot One Kill” Hoill
Edgar “One Shot One Kill” Hoill is a Los Angeles-based photographer that broke into the cigar industry in late 2011 through Room101′s Matt Booth. The duo launched the Room101 OSOK, three perfecto-shaped cigars that shipped in the early portions of 2012. Since then Hoill has moved to Christian Eiroa’s new Fabricas Unidas to launch EH Cigars.
It’s a bit full circle as Eiroa once owned the factory where Booth got his start, Rancho Jamastran. For his part, Hoill says he and Booth remain good friends and that he is still part of “the Room101 fam.”
For you technical details nuts: The portraits were photographed at a body shop that is well known to Edgar in the South Dallas area. The day was totally overcast and the whole session took about 20 minutes total.
The main photograph was taken with a Canon 1DMKIII body and a 20mm f/1.8 lens shot at f/4.5 at 1/800th and ISO 500. There is a flash held by Charlie off camera right attached to the camera with an off camera sync cable. I am standing on a ladder looking down and Edgar’s right hand is about four inches from the front element of the lens.
The second photograph was taken with a Canon 1DMKIII body, and a 50mm f/1.2 lens shot at f/5 at 1/500th at ISO 500. The light is all natural and I am crouched down fairly low to the ground to put his head and smoke from the cigar in the black part of the shadows of the building behind him.Update (January 22, 2012): An original version of this story indicated Matt Booth entered the cigar industry while Christian Eiroa was with Camacho, the story has been corrected.
Ccliche smoking a cigar. All he needs is a gun in the other hand...
Guy is so epic even his ashes flash gang signs
Poseur! This guy wishes he was Matt B. Not a dollar out of my pocket to this clown!
This guy is a total and complete douche!
I like the full Amish beard.
I liked the article. Love seeing the folks behind the cigars. OSOKs were some of my favorite cigars of last year
Who's next in the series? Rocky Patel's third cousin on his mother's side, maybe.
Anyone want to trade a few Ligas for my last few OSOK? Want nothing to do with this clown
@Punkasskid ..Liga's?..Your lucky if you can get a couple of White Owls!
@PhilMcKrackin @Punkasskid LOL
What an asshole. Is this guy supposed to scare us?
The "Icon of Dumbass" won't be getting any more of my cash. Makes me want to throw away the rest of the One Shot One Kill's that I have left.
@PhilMcKrackin Send them my way
Your Icons of Cigars photos are really cool. Are any available for purchase? I really like the Pepin photo
@Josh Green As a policy none are offered for sale for a variety of reasons, one of which is that the subjects haven't given permission.
This is totally stupid and depressing.
I just don't really see how this guy is an 'icon of cigars.' But that's just me.
@AronL It's actually something I discussed with Brooks. The intention of his series was more just to photograph people in the industry, not sort of a hall of fame thing.
@Charlie Minato @AronL as Charlie said, these portraits are just meant to show the people who are behind the cigars, nothing more...don't read too much into the name.
Ummm....Pass!
What's with the gang signs? Does he roll with the westsiders?
@JamesHale I roll with the Northwest Side. And it is impossible to flash my sign with less than three hands. We BAD.
@AronL I use my toes to flash my gang signs. That's how bad WE ARE. What??? Thought so...
Great photos Brooks