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

Death threats and outrage after trophy hunting was advertised using a conservation photographer's image
By Leonie Helm published
News Conservation photographer "horrified" that her famous photograph of a wolf was used to advertise trophy hunting

"Everyone was just buying drugs on the shoot and it was disgraceful… bad behavior beyond belief"
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS "It gave me quite a lot of pleasure when I saw Rankin at 100" says David Loftus, ranked the 65th most influential photographer ever

AI cameras could help identify life threatening infections
By Leonie Helm published
News This could speed up diagnosis, and also prevent the needless prescribing of antibiotics

Photographer captures stunning images of underwater kelp forests in Cape Town using Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
By Leonie Helm published
News Explore the underwater kelp forests of Cape Town with photographer James Lowe and his Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

View from the air – the Drone Photo Awards 2024 nominees announced
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The beautiful and impactful nominated images from the Drone Photo Awards have been announced in 9 diverse categories

Snap! Following the iPhone, three Android manufacturers add a camera button to new models
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Taking a cue from the iPhone 16, a trio of Android phone manufacturers are adding a camera button to their new handsets

Winners of the Fritz Pölking Prize both focus on the damage to wildlife caused by urbanization
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS This international prize is a special prize of the European Nature Photographer of the Year competition

Atomos devices can now upload directly to Dropbox (and get you a discount, too)
By Leonie Helm, James Artaius published
NEWS Now your Atomos Ninja or Shogun can upload directly to Dropbox – and you can get 40% off Business plans with certain purchases

Weekly Wash: the 5 biggest camera news stories of the week (September 15)
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS While the Apple iPhone 16 launch might have dominated this weeks news, a lot more has been going on

Canon doubles Sony's camera sales in China – and quadruples Nikon's
By Leonie Helm, James Artaius published
NEWS Data reveals that Canon sells twice as many cameras as Sony does in China – and four times as many as Nikon

A "horrifying" experience – singer Chappell Roan explains why she shouted at a photographer at the MTV VMA's
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The singer shed light on how overwhelming red carpets can be, and shouting photographers don't help

Letter claiming photographers are being pushed out of Harris campaign signed by six major news organizations
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The Kamala Harris presidential campaign has been accused of wrongfully restricting photographers access and coverage

Take a look at the picturesque Swiss town turned into a giant photography gallery this September
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Over 50 photographers from 22 countries take over the town of Vevey, in Switzerland for this immersive exhibition

Roaring Lion found - iconic Winston Churchill portrait stolen in Canada discovered in Italy two years later
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The stolen Winston Churchill portrait was taken by the Canadian-Armenian photographer Yousef Karsh in 1941

Stunning winning images from Ocean Photographer of the Year competition 2024 just revealed
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS An incredible photograph of a rare Bryde's whale about to devour a bait ball has won Ocean Photographer of the Year

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 winner eclipses all others!
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The winners include far away galaxies, supernovas, aurora, the surface of the moon, as well as other stunning astral images

People are taking flat lay photographs of their valuables in airport security trays – and its egotistical time wasting at best
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS This new trend has prompted the US Transport Security Administration to raise concerns about "delays"

Camera traps capture rare northern hairy-nosed wombat taking a violent disliking to an echidna in Australia
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The number of critically endangered wombats fell to just 35 in the 1990s, and thanks to efforts like camera traps, they're back

Famous food photography competition opens entries for its 2025 edition
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Previously called the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year, the World Food Photography Awards is now open for entries

Who is Piyush Pratik? Apple's product manager behind the iPhone 16's Camera Control button
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS So often the famous money takes all the credit for the hard work at a product launch, not this time

Recruiters are almost twice as likely to choose a resume with an AI generated headshot (but only if they don't know)
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS 66% of recruiters said they would be put off on finding out that a candidate had used AI to create their headshot photo

57 nations sign first legally-binding AI agreement - but China abstains
By Leonie Helm published
News 57 countries including the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Israel, Argentina and Japan are all involved in the safety regulations

Astronaut Matthew Dominick shares his favorite photographs he’s taken from space in first-ever astronaut interview from the ISS cupola
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS "We're going 17,500 mph making a lap around the Earth every 90 minutes," said Matthew Dominick from the ISS
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