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

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and National Geographic astrophotographer Babak Tafreshi compare stunning star trail photographs
By Leonie Helm published
News Pettit made a name for himself as an astrophotographer after sharing his image 'Lightning Bugs' in 2012 showing beautiful star trails

"Stranded" NASA astronaut on International Space Station photographed from Earth in world first
By Leonie Helm published
news NASA astronaut Suni Williams was undertaking a repair on the ISS when she was photographed from Earth by an amateur astrophotographer

The Getty Museum has just purchased its first-ever AI-generated photograph
By Leonie Helm published
News “Would cowboy culture have embraced latex?” said artist Matias Sauter Morera “These speculative questions are at the core of my work”

Pair of very rare black wolves spotted on trail cameras in Poland stun researchers
By Leonie Helm published
A conservation charity was originally planning on studying beavers when they discovered the footage of the rare animals

Photographer sues over copyright infringement over iconic portrait of “King of New York“ rapper The Notorious B.I.G
By Leonie Helm published
news The photo is known as the 'Mona Lisa of hip-hop' and the $6 crown sold for over half a million dollars at auction in 2020

Google Photos now watermarks all AI-generated content using SynthID
By Leonie Helm published
news The watermark will be invisible, and appear in the meta data for all AI-generated images, audio, text or video

The mystery of the 100 year old photographs discovered on a Kodak No 1 camera has been solved!
By Leonie Helm published
Why are all those people gathered in the Cotwold's market town of Chipping Sodbuy? The BBC has now solved the mystery

Scientists develop a compact camera that can identify objects at the speed of light
By Leonie Helm published
Researchers have created a compact camera where the lens is replaced by engineered optics that can identify objects at lightspeed

"The best year for the camera industry since 2019" as Gen Z pushes digital camera shipments to highest
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS CIPA has predicted that 2024 was the best for the industry, with the number and value of cameras and lenses exceeding 2023

South Korea orders airports to install bird detection cameras after plane crash kills 179 people
By Leonie Helm published
All airports will get thermal imaging cameras to prevent wildlife-related plane accidents which costs an estimated US$124 million

Australia bans Chinese AI company DeepSeek after it knocks billions of dollars off the stock market
By Leonie Helm published
The Australian government has banned the AI company on all government devices and networks over fears about national security

100-year-old No 1 Pocket Kodak camera found with used film of photos of a mystery event
By Leonie Helm published
Oliver Barnes found the camera in an antique shop in England, and has since had the historic photographs developed - can you help identify what they show?

Building the perfect quantum camera could help prevent deaths from cancer
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing are designing sensors capable of detecting the smallest unit of light

From gnat ogres to mummified aphids - here are the winners of the Royal Entomological Society's 2024 Photography Competition
By Leonie Helm published
News The annual competition, organised by the UK’s leading insect science charity, celebrates the skill and creativity of amateur photographers

Previous leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, comes under fire for hiring “vanity” photographer using taxpayers' money
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Miliband previously criticized former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron for hiring a personal photographer

Lost GoPro that spent 8 months on the ocean floor gets reunited with owner in less than 48 hours - with fully working SD card!
By Leonie Helm published
Scuba diver Ken Kieley found the GoPro while in the water in British Columbia last Sunday, and has managed to give a couple their memories back

Mysterious drones over New Jersey were hired by federal regulators “not the enemy” according to the White House
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Last December dozens of drones were seen flying over the state of New jersey, prompting officials to call for a temporary state of emergency

Controversial documentary challenges the authorship of one of the most famous historical photographs ever taken
By Leonie Helm published
The 'Napalm Girl' photographed changed the world's view of the Vietnam War, but this film claims that it's been attributed to the wrong man for 50 years

Are Apple AirPods getting tiny cameras?
By Leonie Helm published
The rumors are flying around about cameras in Apple AirPods, that could be used for “in-air gesture control”

The winning images of Travel Photographer of the Year 2024, from infrared photos to iPhone shots
By Leonie Helm published
News The stunning winners are a diverse range of intimate portraits, infrared and iPhone photography, and striking black-and-white images

National Portrait Gallery accused of nepotism after makeup artist turned photographer – and major financial donor – gets top exhibit despite "pedestrian" work
By Leonie Helm last updated
Zoë Law was previously a "key donor" to the gallery, where her celebrity portrait exhibit 'Legends' is currently showing

Scientists build a "honeypot" system of fake cameras and networks to fool hackers trying to steal US military secrets
By Leonie Helm published
"I will create realistic fake videos, in order to deceive an attacker into believing that they have co-opted a camera system"

Wildlife camera surveys in Vietnam reveal the conservation importance of habitat transition zones
By Leonie Helm published
Trail cameras and camera surveys have continued to prove an essential tool in wildlife and habitat conservation
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