DON'T IGNORE Da Vinci’s portrait lighting advice! 

thank you. as a self taught amateur this is very valuable class that explains the main ideas behind black magic that studio lights are to me now

Just brilliant. I happened to find your channel doing a casual search for da Vinci lighting. I’ve never seen so thorough a treatment as regards photography. So yeah, I liked and subscribed. I’m catching up on your past vids and so far they’re all wonderful. My fave right now is your most intelligent debunking of the so-called exposure triangle. Looking forward to many more!

Your comment about the painting of Jesus holding the globe and the effect of the lighting made me think of the verse from James, "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." Really enjoying your channel, new subscriber after watching a few videos.

Wow! What a gem of a channel

Amazing video. Your channel is going to blow up!

Very interesting. Always nice to look at the source.

I found this fascinating. For some reason it made much more sense than many of the videos using studio lights that I've watched. And I like your presenting style. I'm looking forward to more of your videos.

Great article! About the height of the light. You say 11 feets are too much for the usual spaces, but D'avinci says in other paragraph that the best place to paint an portraiture is a yard with 10 "braccios" in length, 10 in wide and 20 in height. A bracio is 56 cm with is roughly 1.5 feets. About the "rembradt light", I have beenusing that name for years but nowadays I understand this is the name in what we can call "USA school of portraiture" and it is not a charasteristic of Rembrandt the painter but a misunderstanding of what a 2/3 light is: the actual charasteristic of Rembrandt is no the "triangle" but the "shining" of the main subject, and that "triangle under the eye" is many others painters.

even though the subject is familiar to me, that was fascinating video. thanks.

Yeah, thanks, this was great, actually. Really technical but not really anything to do with brands and gear and stuff to buy. I like how this could be applied to a nighttime shop window lighting a street portrait, or shaft of light in an alley. Also, nice calm, clearly delivered presentation, no hyperbolic enthusiasm. Good style.

Very interesting! Appreciate the in-depth look into this, def learned something new! Appreciate your work, subbed!

Awesome video...well done! 👍 👏 💯 Definitely learned a lot from it. Subscribed. 🙏

I've really enjoyed this video. So I went out to the local bookshop to buy this book. But the are dozens to choose from. Could you perhaps give me more details on this book? I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much.

Interesting video, with great advices! Thank you! I would like to read more about the subject. What is the book you are using in this video, and do you recommend it?