Double Exposure

Two of the UK's top photographers reveal the most valuable advice they've ever received — and how it shaped their careers. 

As part of a special summer series of Snapshot bitesize episodes, Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand answer the photography questions sent in by you. Thanks to everyone who has been in touch, keep the questions coming!

They touch on the tension between trusting your instincts vs accepting outside guidance, and how the camera has been a constant companion in social situations. Plus, they reflect on what a career in photography has truly brought them.

Follow Double Exposure on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode – plus, want answers to your own

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Editor: Ella Blaxill

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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Want to know the secret to the perfect portrait? Spoiler, it's not "Say cheese!"

In the first of a special summer series of Snapshot bitesize episodes, Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand answer the photography questions sent in by you. The Double Exposure postbag is full, please keep them coming!

In this episode they discuss what defines the magic of a great portrait. Find out how emotion, lighting and not saying 'cheese' helps you capture your sitter at their best.

Follow Double Exposure on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode – plus, want answers to your own

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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“Sometimes I take photographs which are never seen by the public.”

What is it like being allowed into the inner sanctum to photograph royalty? It’s a privilege only a handful of people have ever had… now you can go behind the lens with world-renowned photographers Hugo Burnand and Cambridge Jones as they reveal the secrets of photographing the British royal family, including King Charles III and the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Hugo, the official portrait photographer to the King, reflects on over two decades of capturing some of the monarchy’s most iconic images. He discusses the unique "professional friendship" he’s built with King Charles, and why the unspoken connection between photographer and subject – the “bounce” – is essential to a great royal portrait.

Cambridge shares his own experiences photographing the late Queen and the King, and what happens during the “talking bit.” Is photographing royalty different to other public figures like actors and musicians?

Perfect for fans of photography, royalty, and behind-the-scenes storytelling, this exclusive and intimate episode offers rare insight into a world few ever witness.

Plus, how to light a portrait, the power of reflectors and why British photographers have an international cache.

Follow Double Exposure on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode – plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at double.exposureATraconteur.tv

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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In this episode Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand talk wedding photography, sharing lessons from shooting royal and celebrity nuptials to help you photograph a big day, whichever side of the lens you’re on. Plus behind the scenes of a $106m wedding where Beyoncé headlined and the fake marriage ceremony Cambridge shot on the HBO series Succession.

A good wedding photographer must be a master of tact and communication as well as a sports photographer, an interiors photographer, a street photographer, a portrait photographer, and a lifestyle photographer all rolled into one. Cambridge and Hugo bring decades of hard-won experience – Hugo once did 45 weddings in one year – to the challenge. They swap top tips and skills for capturing the emotion and the love, as well as tricks for choreographing the “can’t miss” iconic shots of the day.  

Along the way, get a backstage pass to photographing the weddings of Prince William and Katherine and King (then Prince) Charles and Camilla, how to capture the perfect “aisle” photo and Hugo’s trouble with a big white horse.

Follow Double Exposure on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode – plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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“Celebrities are not what you think they are.”

Cambridge and Hugo take you behind the scenes of two celebrity shoots – with Hollywood legend Al Pacino and designer Victoria Beckham.

Plus what happened when Hugo photographed Lucian Freud, Snowden’s test for the “photographer’s eye”, why Elon Musk’s ex-wife Tallulah Riley is a muse and the trouble with Kevin Spacey.

Follow Double Exposure on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode – plus, want answers to your own

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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Meet Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand, two photographers at the top of their game. In the first episode of Double Exposure they share their journeys into photography and the moments that made them – from family loss and a horse’s head to Tony Blair and a chance encounter with Queen Camilla’s sister.

How do Cambridge and Hugo approach a shoot? Putting your sitter at ease to reveal the truth inside them is key. Did Irving Penn have it right when he crammed his subjects into a tight corner to make them as uncomfortable as possible?

Plus the difference between photographing royals and celebrities, Margaret Thatcher's pose and the story behind shooting the King in the dark.

Follow Double Exposure on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode – plus, want answers to your own

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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Welcome to Double Exposure, a podcast that takes you inside the world of royal and celebrity photography with Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to photograph the King? Or what happens when an A-list celebrity storms out of a photoshoot? Is being ‘unphotogenic’ a thing? How could a rubber band be the secret to a perfect portrait? Two of Britain’s leading photographers reveal all in their new podcast Double Exposure.

King Charles III’s coronation, eight prime ministers, rock stars, royal weddings, and Hollywood legends – Cambridge Jones and Hugo Burnand have photographed it all. And for the first time, they share what happens behind the camera, plus everything they’ve learnt about the art of taking pictures. 

Here they give you a little flavour of what to expect… launching July 1.

Follow Double Exposure on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photographs featured in each episode as well as behind the scenes content – plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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