When Instagram meets Rembrandt: Photographer uses tricks of light to create the illusion of a Baroque masterpiece Instagram might be all the rage for giving your pictures that washed-out, vintage look, but a pioneering photographer has gone one better, manipulating light and shade to create the effect of a Baroque-era masterpiece. Bill Gekas from Melbourne, Australia, wanted to create eye-catching images that mimic the paintings of the Dutch, Flemish and Italian 17th-century masters - such as Rembrandt, Rubens and Caravaggio. Mr Gekas, who uses his five-year-old daughter Athena as model, painstakingly creates settings that evoke the correct time period and uses strobe lights to mimic the effect of soft, natural lighting. Mr Gekas, a self-taught photographer, has spent years mastering the process, through hard work and experimentation. He began learning the techniques on 35mm film cameras but has since switched to digital. He has now won numerous awards and his work has featured on the covers of several leading photographic magazines. More of Mr Gekas work can be found at his website, and he also gives a fascinating account of how he created some of his most eye catching images on his blog here. Rembrandt: One of photographer Bill Gekas's brilliant images of his daughter which mimic the paintings of the Dutch, Flemish and Italian 17th-century masters Girl with potatoes: Mr Gekas uses light and shade to recreate the work of famous Dutch portrait painters such as Rembrandt Eye-catching: Mr Gekas has created a series of stunning images that mimic the work of artists such as Rembrandt, Rubens and Caravaggio Technique: Mr Gekas painstakingly recreates settings that suitably reflect the time period, and uses strobe lights to mimic the effect of soft, natural lighting Girl with fruit: Another of Mr Gekas's brilliant portrait photos using his five-year-old daughter Transformation: Mr Gekas's daughter pictured in her normal clothes (left) and in another of his amazing Baroque-style photographs (right) Andalucía 1881: In this picture Mr Gekas recreates the look of a late 19th century Spanish portrait Feline friend: Mr Gekas's daughter cuddles up with a cat for another moving portrait Rapunzel: Mr Gekas was inspired to create this picture after seeing his daughter's Disney book lying on the living room floor 'Evacuee': Mr Gekas recreates a later 20th century-style setting for this photograph Period: Two more of Mr Gekas's wonderful Rembrant-style photographs, the image on the left is entitled Rollers and the image on the right is entitled Birdcage