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

Last chance to celebrate haute cuisine and enter the World Food Photography Awards 2025
By Leonie Helm published
news Amateur and professional photographers are invited to celebrate the wonder of food photography

Meteorite crashing to Earth can be heard for the first time ever because of a Ring camera
By Leonie Helm published
news The meteorite landed in Prince Edward Island, caught with visual and sound on camera, and narrowly missing the cameras owner

A full fleet of AI cameras and sensors are helping fight against the LA wildfires - but drones are struggling
By Leonie Helm published
News News technology has been deployed for some time now to help tackle natural disasters, but it can't fight climate change

Disposable, self-cleaning, mobile camera successfully used in first-of-its-kind spinal surgery hailed as a "game changer"
By Leonie Helm published
news The camera has reduced spinal patients' exposure to X-rays by 47% and has been successfully used to remove two tumors from its first patient

Photographer Oliviero Toscani, the powerhouse behind the high impact Benetton campaigns, dies at 82
By Leonie Helm published
News "People use technology and Photoshop to fill in what they’re lacking in talent. People are incredibly lazy and spoilt," he said in 2006

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 open for submissions from around the globe
By Leonie Helm published
Get outside and enter 2025's competition for your chance to win US$12,000 in prize money

Global body camera market to boom as demand for justice and police culpability continues to grow
By Leonie Helm published
As growing pressure on police forces to take responsibility for brutality and homicide grows, body worn cameras are becoming the norm

Johnny Depp warns against AI deepfake images and videos of his likeness scamming fans on social media
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The practice is becoming more and more common, and legislation has yet to keep up with the AI behind it

“We are committed to protecting user data” says Apple as it pays out US$95 million for privacy breaches
By Leonie Helm published
Despite apparently denying the charges, Apple has agreed to the $95 million payout – with each victim eligible for $20 each

Insta360 puts viewers in the mud by becoming the official sponsor of the SuperMotorcross World Championship
By Leonie Helm published
The motorcycling race has chosen Insta360 to be its official sponsor and reveal the sport like never before

This viral image from the Paris Olympics won gold at the World Sports Photography Awards 2025
By Leonie Helm published
Jerome Brouillet went viral over the summer for his image of Brazilian surfer, Gabriel Medina, suspended above the water

Apple to pay US$95 million because Siri eavesdropped on its customers without permission – but will it make any difference?
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The lawsuit was launched five years ago after a UK newspaper reported that Apple was employing people to listen into private conversations

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 10 years of keeping its lens trained on the giants of the solar system
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The NASA OPAL project was designed to monitor the atmospheric changes on Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus

Photographer explores African American history and oppression by shooting cultural objects held in the United States' original 13 colonies
By Leonie Helm published
Wendel White is fascinated by "the residual power of the past to inhabit material remains"

Amazon-owned Ring is offering a free update, with 2K video resolution and vehicle recognition for security cameras
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS This long-awaited update will be available to download on the app tomorrow – but there's a catch

Trail cameras have proven instrumental bringing the Iberian Lynx back from extinction
By Leonie Helm published
"The only feline species that was threatened at this level was the sabre tooth tiger thousands of years ago," said Rodrigo Serra

It's 2025 yet photographs of the first moon landing sites are all it takes to get people crying it was fake
By Leonie Helm published
News Photographs of the first moon landing sites on 'X' bring conspiracy theories to the surface in a series of denial comments

The poignant, beautiful, and informative winners of the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024
By Leonie Helm published
From the conflict in Gaza, to hiding clown fish, the winners of the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024 are varied and stunning

Quit your day job and move to the Isle of Man for a year as its official nature photographer
By Leonie Helm published
The Manx Wildlife Trust is looking for one individual to live on the island and document its wildlife with a budget of £16,000

New study reveals home security cameras can create more risk to owners than they prevent
By Leonie Helm published
News Smart home security systems have been under increasing scrutiny due to privacy breaches in recent years despite growing in popularity

The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses just got an interesting new competitor in Solos – but they're still ridiculous
By Leonie Helm published
Solos' AirGo Vision AI glasses with ChatGPT will be its first smart glasses with a camera – but what's the point?

Trail cameras prove essential tools for preventing jaguars from becoming extinct in Ecuador
By Leonie Helm published
Scientists in Ecuador have found the first evidence of jaguars in certain areas in 15 years

NASA Hubble Space Telescope spots cosmic eye staring straight back at it from deep space
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye
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