Leonie Helm

Leonie Helm

Staff Writer

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. 

Articles by: Leonie Helm

A bald eagle stares at the camera

EagleCam is back! Watch a pair of nesting bald eagles get ready for their baby eaglet in Minnesota

By Leonie Helm published

News The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will set the the stream live on Thursday and viewers will get a close up view of the breeding pair

The Andromeda Galaxy

Happy Birthday Dr Edwin Hubble! 135th anniversary of the astronomer who gave his name to the Hubble Space Telescope

By Leonie Helm published

One of the greatest astronomer's, who changed our entire understanding of the universe, was born 135 years ago today

CIPA camera and lens data graph from July 2024 with Nikon Zfc

Japanese camera and lens exports are rising, but DSLRs continue to die a death

By Leonie Helm published

news DSLR sales have continued to drop a further 1% year on year according to the latest CIPA numbers from September

Sir David Attenborough speaking at the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference 2021

Is nothing sacred? AI clone creators target David Attenborough's iconic voice

By Leonie Helm published

Sir David Attenborough's AI-cloned voice has been used in news reports on various YouTube channels to talk about the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump, and more

Heather Agyepong stands in a gallery

Nikon ambassador Heather Agyepong explores how photography can be a healing tool for mental health

By Leonie Helm published

A new film from Nikon ambassador Heather Agyepong explores how taking photographs can be a healing practice

A luminescent forest

Stunning winners of 11th International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2024 announced

By Leonie Helm published

news Both professionals and amateurs battled it out capturing the globes most beautiful landscapes, from Japan to Romania

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"Horrific and traumatizing videos" – the dark world of the social media moderators

By Leonie Helm published

In 2020 Meta agreed to pay a settlement of US$52 million to moderators due to mental health issues caused by their roles

Taylor Swift arriving at the Kansas City stadium

Taylor Swift's security team prove women are still not safe around the paparazzi

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS Singer Taylor Swift's security team can be seen in now-viral footage yelling at members of the paparazzi to "stand up"

First images of a human made object touching a comet

It's the 10-year anniversary of the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 billion-year-old comet

By Leonie Helm published

The spacecraft Philae touched down on the comet in a world-first in November 2014

A hologram of Betty Szabo

3D hologram of sex worker created by Dutch police could help solve her cold case murder

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS Betty Szabo was murdered in 2009, and now police are hoping a public hologram of her will help catch the killer

Gladiator II promotional picture of actor Paul Mescal, in armor holding a sword

Gladiator II official photographer talks about how to get that perfect movie shot

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS Aidan Monaghan shot the official photographs for Ridley Scott's Gladiator II which now adorn billboards, magazine pages and posters

Hvaldimir the spy whale being fed

Scientists claim to have discovered origins of Russian "spy" whale found with camera attached to it

By Leonie Helm published

Hvaldimir was discovered by Norwegian fishermen in 2019 with a harness attached to him with the words “Equipment St Petersburg" on it

Apple iCloud logo on a smartphone, with Apple logo in the background

Apple sued for £3 billion for allegedly trapping 40 million iCloud customers in to "rip off prices"

By Leonie Helm published

Apple is accused by consumer group Which? of infringing on competition law by making it difficult for its customers to use alternative cloud companies

Adobe's 'style' feature

Adobe now allows its stock images to be manipulated with AI – but will creators get compensated?

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS After a rocky year, Adobe has added artificial intelligence tools to its stock photography library. So what about the original creators?

People running in the NYC Marathon 2024

An influencer who brought a camera crew on e-bikes to NYC Marathon gets disqualified and banned from all future events

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS This is not the first time Matthew Choi has brought his team on electric bikes into marathons – and the running community is furious

A metalens

Are cameras about to get even smaller? A new 100mm metalens has landed – and its only 5mm thick

By Leonie Helm published

Taiwanese tech company Optor recently showcased their new metalens at a convention in Japan

A stripper at a New England fair

The inspiring Susan Meiselas is recipient of Outstanding Contribution to Photography at Sony World Photography Awards 2025

By Leonie Helm published

news Susan Meiselas is the current president of the Magnum Foundation and has been a prolific photojournalist for over five decades

Meredith Rodgers, Clipper 2023-24 Race On Board Reporter

Time to vote for your favorite submission from the Clipper Yacht Racing Image Awards

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS These incredible photographs capture the skill, excitement and danger involved in world class yacht racing

A Myna bird in New Zealand blocking a traffic camera

Watch hilarious moment a "pest" bird photobombs New Zealand traffic camera

By Leonie Helm published

news The invasive species no doubt gave the entire team a laugh during a day of watching the roads

Journalist Samar-Abu-Elouf stands in front of bomb wreckage

Royal Photographic Society Awards 2024 announced – the world’s longest-running photography competition

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS One of the winners was Samar Abu Elouf was the recipient of the RPS Award for Photojournalism for her unwavering coverage of her home country of Palestine

Sample footage from the game “Horizon” developed by Guerrilla Games

What can videogame developers AI teach wildlife cameras? "Equal representation"

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS There may not be enough images of rare species for AI to idntify them on trail cameras, so why not create them?

A real KGB spy camera from the 1960s

Fancy getting your hands on a real KGB secret spy camera? It goes to auction this month for less than you might think

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS Despite this KGB spy camera being a relic of a dark and disturbing period in history, it's hard not to admire the ingenuity of the design

A woman holds an umbrella while walking on the street during rain due to Cyclone Dana in Kolkata, India

Taking non-consensual photographs of women in public is ruled acceptable in Indian court

By Leonie Helm published

The incident was not deemed 'voyeurism' but could come under sexual harassment clauses in Indian law

A girl stares at the camera

“Black subjects are depicted by Black photographers; their gaze is mutual and consensual"

By Leonie Helm published

From 1930s Harlem to contemporary Toronto – compelling photographs from the African Diaspora

Donald Trump photo taken by Evan Vucci

Ahead of Donald Trump sentencing, judiciary rejects another media bid to allow cameras in criminal trials

By Leonie Helm published

NEWS President-elect Trump is set to be sentenced on November 26, and there is a huge media push to allow photographers and broadcasters in the courtroom

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