Leonie Helm
After graduating from Cardiff University with an Master's Degree in Journalism, Media and Communications Leonie developed a love of photography after taking a year out to travel around the world.
While visiting countries such as Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh and Ukraine with her trusty Nikon, Leonie learned how to capture the beauty of these inspiring places, and her photography has accompanied her various freelance travel features.
As well as travel photography Leonie also has a passion for wildlife photography both in the UK and abroad.
Latest articles by Leonie Helm
A teenager created an AI nude of his female classmate and circulated it on Snapchat – he was suspended from school for one day
By Leonie Helm published
Francesca Mani was 14 when she was called into the principal's office to be informed that deepfake nude images of her were circulating her high school
There are more unused mobile phones in desk drawers than people walking the planet!
By Leonie Helm published
Did you know there are up to ten BILLION “dormant” phones wasting away in people's drawers, according to a new study?
Donald Trump mocks former New Jersey governor with AI image as controversial drone mystery remains unsolved
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Trump claims to have figured out the drone mystery in New Jersey using an AI-doctored image of former governor, Chris Christie
Photographer Rankin adds his skills to a health campaign to reduce preventable amputations
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Healthcare experts at Abbott, which has spearheaded the campaign, say that 80% of diabetes amputations are preventable
Second-hand camera lens market to hit a staggering US$4.1 billion by 2032
By Leonie Helm published
news The rise of online platforms is responsible for the giant growth in second-hand lenses, says report
52% of all Australian drowning deaths happen in swimming pools – AI cameras are helping tackle the problem
By Leonie Helm published
Swimming pools in Australia are employing AI technology and smart watches to help stop drowning deaths in public pools
“Diet, cannibalism, and geophagy” – see what researchers found when they attached a camera to an Andean bear for four months
By Leonie Helm published
Researchers strapped a collar camera to a bear affectionately named Chris, and discovered multiple world firsts
The Dark Energy Camera captures new image of one of the most prominent spiral galaxies in incredible detail
By Leonie Helm published
Messier 83 was discovered in 1752, but it wasn't realized that it's actually a galaxy outside the Milky Way until Edwin Hubble
Thousands of drones are flying over New Jersey causing mass confusion and leaving the FBI stumped
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Rumors are flying around about the origins of the drones, and officials are calling for a temporary state of emergency
AI cameras help avert tragedy in India by preventing herd of elephants being killed by a train
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS 75 elephants were killed by trains in India between 2018 and 2023, and officials are now using AI tech to save their lives
A century of intimate, iconic, and previously unseen photographs of the Royal Family to go on display in Edinburgh
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The exhibit includes the earliest surviving color portrait of the Royal family, taken by Yevonde Middleton in 1935
Are smartphones taking over, or is photography now just an elitist hobby? Explaining the extreme dip in digital camera sales
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Improved smartphones have coincided with a cost of living crisis, an increase in camera prices, and a popularity spike in retro cameras
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s a walking drone – with wings, legs and toes that jumps into takeoff
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS A doctoral student has created the RAVEN drone, with a wingspan of 39 inches, that he hopes might one day be used for deliveries
Telescopes at the ready! Join in NASA’s Hubble Telescope Night Sky Challenge
By Leonie Helm published
News To commemorate the 35th birthday of The Hubble Space Telescope, NASA will be guiding you through the galaxies every day in 2025
"The most advanced pair of AR glasses ever made": Meta unveils Orion augmented reality glasses
By Leonie Helm published
The future has landed, but it will currently cost you US$10,000 to walk the line between reality and fantasy
There's no hiding from this cat's eye camera that can see right through camouflage
By Leonie Helm published
Researchers have developed a camera inspired by cat's eyes that can distinguish an object against a similar background
Indian-American photographer racially abused by fellow passenger on United flight all caught on video
By Leonie Helm published
Photographer Pervez Taufiq, who has worked with Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, faced a racist tirade of abuse
Lee Miller's son tricked into thinking Kate Winslet is actually his mother in new biopic due to her skill with a Rolleiflex camera
By Leonie Helm published
"It was so like her. And I thought, 'How'd they do that? She's been dead for years. It's a movie," said Antony Penrose
This AI robot photographer can read your mind and take the perfect picture
By Leonie Helm published
The PhotoBot technology was designed to take the perfect posed shot without the need for clunky tripods or annoying selftimers
Camera traps and drones once used to protect wildlife are now killing women in northern India
By Leonie Helm published
Both rangers and local men are using conservation technology to intimate women in Uttarakhand state, resulting in at least one death
CCTV cameras to be deployed at 3.8% of London bus stops in an attempt to protect woman and girls – but will they feel safer?
By Leonie Helm published
Cameras will be fitted to 20 bus stops in multiple locations across London to help tackle increasing violence against women and girls in the English capital. But some argue CCTV makes women feel less safe…
Kodak is by no means the brand it used to be - but it still deserves our respect
By Leonie Helm published
News Experts including Kodak's former vice president of digital imaging Donald Strickland discuss what went wrong
Retro CCD cameras make a huge comeback in China with the trendy youth
By Leonie Helm published
Once easy to find for a few dollars, these CCD cameras a now skyrocketed in price as the nostalgia wave continues
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