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
Are smartphones taking over, or is photography now just an elitist hobby? Explaining the extreme dip in digital camera sales
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS Improved smartphones have coincided with a cost of living crisis, an increase in camera prices, and a popularity spike in retro cameras
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s a walking drone – with wings, legs and toes that jumps into takeoff
By Leonie Helm published
NEWS A doctoral student has created the RAVEN drone, with a wingspan of 39 inches, that he hopes might one day be used for deliveries
Telescopes at the ready! Join in NASA’s Hubble Telescope Night Sky Challenge
By Leonie Helm published
News To commemorate the 35th birthday of The Hubble Space Telescope, NASA will be guiding you through the galaxies every day in 2025
"The most advanced pair of AR glasses ever made": Meta unveils Orion augmented reality glasses
By Leonie Helm published
The future has landed, but it will currently cost you US$10,000 to walk the line between reality and fantasy
There's no hiding from this cat's eye camera that can see right through camouflage
By Leonie Helm published
Researchers have developed a camera inspired by cat's eyes that can distinguish an object against a similar background
Indian-American photographer racially abused by fellow passenger on United flight all caught on video
By Leonie Helm published
Photographer Pervez Taufiq, who has worked with Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, faced a racist tirade of abuse
Lee Miller's son tricked into thinking Kate Winslet is actually his mother in new biopic due to her skill with a Rolleiflex camera
By Leonie Helm published
"It was so like her. And I thought, 'How'd they do that? She's been dead for years. It's a movie," said Antony Penrose
This AI robot photographer can read your mind and take the perfect picture
By Leonie Helm published
The PhotoBot technology was designed to take the perfect posed shot without the need for clunky tripods or annoying selftimers
Camera traps and drones once used to protect wildlife are now killing women in northern India
By Leonie Helm published
Both rangers and local men are using conservation technology to intimate women in Uttarakhand state, resulting in at least one death
A teeny tiny camera that shoots 1.3MP for only $50 - the perfect stocking filler this Christmas
By Leonie Helm published
Weighing 23 grams, the Kenko Tokina Pieni M has an LCD screen, and shoots video with audio
CCTV cameras to be deployed at 3.8% of London bus stops in an attempt to protect woman and girls – but will they feel safer?
By Leonie Helm published
Cameras will be fitted to 20 bus stops in multiple locations across London to help tackle increasing violence against women and girls in the English capital. But some argue CCTV makes women feel less safe…
Kodak is by no means the brand it used to be - but it still deserves our respect
By Leonie Helm published
News Experts including Kodak's former vice president of digital imaging Donald Strickland discuss what went wrong
Retro CCD cameras make a huge comeback in China with the trendy youth
By Leonie Helm published
Once easy to find for a few dollars, these CCD cameras a now skyrocketed in price as the nostalgia wave continues
Dubai is launching its own photography museum to safeguard the region's cultural heritage
By Leonie Helm published
Despite being known for its modern shiny skyline, Dubai has a rich history leaders are keen to preserve and display
Liz Hatton - Teenager photographer who met the Princess of Wales has died aged 17
By Leonie Helm published
I previously spoke to Liz about her love of photography, her diagnosis and her bucket list
New neuromorphic camera technology could enable drones navigate in areas where GPS fails
By Leonie Helm published
Researchers are testing new hybrid imaging and inertial-guidance tech which might eliminate the need for restrictive GPS navigation in low-cost drones
Cast your vote in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2024
By Leonie Helm published
Have an impact on wildlife photography and vote for your favorite from 25 incredible shortlisted images
High-speed camera study reveals how insects can blind predators – by being too shiny
By Leonie Helm published
A study by the University of Melbourne used a high-speed camera to understand how shiny bugs can elude predators despite their visibility
One-of-a-kind Leica IIIg sells for US$3.8 million at first ever camera auction held on Chinese soil
By Leonie Helm published
The unique camera sold for 45 times its expected value at the OstLicht Camera Auction in Shanghai, China
South Africa tourism board creates pinhole camera from local materials so you can see the country through the eyes of its people
By Leonie Helm published
news Netherlands based advertising agency Ogilvy has worked with South African photographers to create the camera and showcase the country
Pioneering use of camera traps in Indonesia sheds first light on critically endangered Sumatran tigers
By Leonie Helm published
The tigers are the rarest subspecies of tiger in the world, with only 400 suspected individuals left in the wild
Explore the tumultuous 1980s in Britain through photography – from Thatcherism to Black femininity
By Leonie Helm published
'The 80s: Photographing Britain' will open the Tate Britain in London from 21 November 2024 to 05 May 2025
To be, or not to be: world-first exhibition of "living portraits" celebrates the best Shakespearean actors of our generation
By Leonie Helm published
Patrick Stewart, Juliet Stevenson and Sir Ian McKellen feature in "a pioneering chapter in the convergence of portraiture and performing arts"
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