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

Watch Costa Rican trail camera catch a stunning array of wildlife
By Leonie Helm published
news Vincent Losasso, founder of Guanacaste Wildlife Monitoring, is a biologist who works with camera traps throughout Costa Rica

Tecno unveils “the highest pixel AI glasses photography system in the industry”
By Leonie Helm published
news How much these glasses cost and when they will be available is a mystery, but they will reportedly be “considerably less” than the Meta Ray-Bans

AI Design Awards: the world’s most comprehensive AI art competition announces winners of its inaugural edition
By Leonie Helm published
From architecture, to sci-fi, to fashion - the winning images force audiences to reimagine how AI is revolutionizing creativity

‘Imposter syndrome Is real’ – Industry leaders urge action for a more inclusive future in photography
By Leonie Helm published
News "It’s real. As a woman, you often feel like you're constantly proving yourself, and it's exhausting," Angela Nicholson, photographer and SheClicks founder says

Modern London is immortalized in stunning timelapse of 83,000 images (and 8 terabytes) taken by four photographers
By Leonie Helm published
feature A Taste of London is the fifth instalment of FilmSpektakel’s long running A Taste of series, having previously shot in Los Angeles, Vienna, and New York City

Digital camera market to reach US$12.45 billion by 2032 - with compact cameras leading the way
By Leonie Helm published
news Compact cameras and interchangeable lenses are predicted to be leading areas of growth, with the fastest compound annual growth rates

Google has been accused of “breaking” digital photo frames
By Leonie Helm published
Changes to Google's private policy is making digital photo frames far less user friendly

Shock as diver drops a GoPro on a deep shipwreck in the dead of the night and “the big fish found it”
By Leonie Helm published
news "So, one of the spookiest things about diving on these wrecks at night is that you are almost always being followed," said filmmaker Barny Dillarstone

Spring into nature with the stunning winners of the Nature Photography Contest 2024
By Leonie Helm published
Showcasing life on our planet, this year's competition highlights the power of photography to capture landscapes, wildlife and the delicate balance of life on Earth

Hidden wildlife cameras capture incredible images of rare birds once thought extinct
By Leonie Helm published
"We can't quite believe this incredible footage captured earlier this month — not one, not two, but three bitterns are all on camera together," a spokesperson said

NASA “makes the invisible visible” by taking incredible photograph of U.S. civilian jet breaking the sound barrier
By Leonie Helm published
The data discovered might lead the way for supersonic commercial flights without sonic booms, the company said in the news release.

Incredible "Earth selfie" images show Blue Ghost Mission 1's successful moon landing
By Leonie Helm published
The second commercial landing on the moon comes amid a string of lunar exploration missions that will see around a dozen this year alone

The people have spoken! Here's the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2024
By Leonie Helm published
From prickly honey badgers to frolicking beluga whales to tale slapping beavers, the people have spoken and voted for their favorite

Unlikely location in China becomes tourist hotspot after bizarre photo goes viral
By Leonie Helm published
news A photo of a mountain in Yichang, China, has gone viral after it was shared to social media, prompting people to flock to it - with their dogs

Tiger shark uses camera as an expensive snack - manages to capture this incredible shot
By Leonie Helm published
News Divers were feeding tiger sharks in the Bahamas when a curious shark grabbed the camera and swam off with it

View live streaming photos of nesting herons with new state of the art camera system
By Leonie Helm published
News Good news for bird watchers – state of the art camera system has been set up to observe nesting herons in Shropshire, UK

Otters return to the UK! Rare mammals spotted on trail camera in Oxfordshire
By Leonie Helm published
Between the 1950s and the 1970s, otters suffered a catastrophic decline, disappearing from English waterways - and a trail camera has now spotted them on the River Windrush

The United States Space Force releases first-ever photo taken by highly secretive plane in orbit
By Leonie Helm published
news We've never before seen the mysterious spacecraft in orbit, and only the U.S. Air Force knows what its doing up there

Fake AI weather photographs are on the rise – here’s how to tell fact from fiction
By Leonie Helm published
News In the wake of Hurricane Helene, multiple AI generated images were generated and distributed leading to unhelpful conspiracy theories and misinformation

Stunning photographs of the River Thames captured for the Thames Lens competition 2025!
By Leonie Helm published
The beautiful and historic River Thames has been captured in all its glory in the Thames Lens 2025 competition

Celebrate 100 years of the iconic photobooth with a range of pop-up events around the UK organized by Autofoto
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Founder of Autofoto, Rafael Hortalla Vallve, explains the enduring love of the photobooth and how you can get involved with the festivities

Man who grabbed federally-protected wild horse’s face to pose for a selfie could face 6 months in jail
By Leonie Helm published
A local wildlife photographer captured the footage of the man aggressively grabbing the wild horse at Mount Charleston in Nevada

Chat GPT "doesn't like" landscape photographer's photography after he asks for a critique
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Photographer Todd Dominey asked the AI chatbot for its opinions on his landscape photography, and the word "crunchy" came up
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