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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
“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
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
President of Magnum Photos says AI is killing photojournalism
By Leonie Helm published
Award-winner Cristina de Middel also said that things for women in the photography industry are getting better, but very slowly
Runway AI brings precise camera controls to videos in impressive industry-leading update
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS The new feature enables users to move and pan around a video as if it was shot on a gimbal or professional camera on a movie set
Trail cameras prove essential in saving Persian leopards in Iraq as shown in David Attenborough’s new ‘Asia’
By Leonie Helm published
news There are thought to be fewer than two dozen left in the area, that is also home to millions of unexploded minefields
Largest digital camera ever built takes huge step forward in development
By Leonie Helm published
news The camera has 3,200 megapixels, is the size of a car and weighs 3,000 kilograms, and will be in use at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory early next year
Footage of popular ‘Swoop-and-Squat’ car insurance scam goes viral. Time to get yourself a dash cam!
By Leonie Helm published
news Insurance scams against drivers are on the rise, and they're getting smarter. Protect yourself with irrefutable evidence from a dash cam
'Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Sticky Frog?', 'The Pangolin In My Bedroom,' and other winners of The Edge of Nature film contest
By Leonie Helm published
Meet the grantees of The Edge of Nature: Short Film Fund - pioneers of modern wildlife filmmaking
The Photographic Adventure Company launches the brand new Amateur Motorsport Photography Awards
By Leonie Helm published
news The awards open for submissions on November 04, and you can enter free if you register interest this weekend
“Suddenly, I had an archive of blood.” How an inspiring female photographer took on the Sicilian Mafia, and won
By Leonie Helm published
news Letizia Battaglia was one of Italy's most important social documentary photographers, best known for her work exposing Mafia crimes
Camera trap experiment reveals amazing discoveries in "vital sanctuary" of Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains
By Leonie Helm published
News Over 95% of the forests in the Cardamom Mountains are intact, making it a stronghold of conservation
Have you missed your chance to snap up one of only 125 Leica photographer jackets?
By Leonie Helm published
news Leica and AETHER have collaborated to create the 'Reporter Jacket' with input from Leica pro photographers
What the hell is going on between rapper Kanye West and octogenarian Japanese photographer Daidō Moriyama?
By Leonie Helm published
In a now deleted post, Kanye West claimed that his new album artwork was shot by Moriyama. He then reposted the image but deleted the caption
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