Complex sentence: Levitsky's father knew Daguerre personally, and introduced the term "light painting" to Russia as it was he who first proposed the idea to artificially light subjects in a studio setting using electric lighting along with daylight.
Split into simpler sentences: Levitsky's father knew Daguerre personally, and introduced the term "light painting" to Russia. It was he who first proposed the idea to artificially light subjects in a studio setting using electric lighting along with daylight.