Vincent Lau Photography

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Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by! My name is Vince and I'm a portrait photographer currently based in southwestern Germany. I specialize in photographing people at their very best by trying to discover and capture the very real moments that occur in all of our lives.

I'll be using this blog to record both my personal and professional life, highlighting the people and events that mean the world to me. This will also be a place for me to document my travels and to write about the things in life that inspire me. Please feel free to take a look around and get to know who I am and what I’m all about.

And when you're ready, I'd love to capture the real moments in your life. I look forward to hearing from you, just hit the "Contact" link in the menu above and drop me a line!

I Was Bamboozled

Monday, March 28, 2011

So not the first time, and probably not the last time, but I was tricked by Janna once again. See, when we moved to Germany she said, “Let’s start a blog about our European travels! It will be so much fun to document our experiences so all of our family and friends can see what we’re up to!”

Note the key word up there: “Let’s”

As in: “let US”

Which I foolishly thought meant she would help write posts and upload photos. If you look at the post count carefully you’ll notice huge gaps within the last year. Guess who didn’t help write posts?

No names, but thank goodness for some WordPress magic because I have officially shut down the “Lausy European Tour” blog and merged it with this one. Hopefully, those huge gaps in blog posting love won’t happen again.

ONE BLOG = GOODNESS.

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…it’s been a while

Saturday, March 26, 2011

But we’ve been a little busy… if she’s even half as beautiful as her mama, the girl will do just fine.

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Amsterdam – Part 1

Saturday, August 7, 2010

This was our second trip to Amsterdam. While most people who visit Amsterdam get all excited about the “cafes” (eh hem, pot bars) and Red Light district, Janna and I were on a different type of quest. We heard there was authentic Chinese food in Amsterdam! Did we find it? Judge for yourself…

This first picture is just to prove that we were in Amsterdam. Crappy bikes everywhere!

As we trekked through the heart of Amsterdam looking for Chinatown a familiar scent wafted into my nostrils. I said to Janna, “We are close to Chinatown, I can smell it!” We then turned the corner and saw this pile of trash. Yup, Chinatown was right next door. Some things don’t change I guess, no matter what country you’re in.

Look at that smile, so happy to have found Cantonese cuisine! We arrived just in time for Dim Sum… YES!!!

Siu Mai (Pork Dumplings)

Woo Kok (Taro Puffs)

Lo Bak Go (Turnip Cake)

Ngau Pak Yeep (Tripe with Black Beans)

Har Gow (Shrimp Dumplings)

Delirious with Dim Sum… Janna’s BBQ Pork Bun is saying, “EAT ME.”

Ah, the sign of a good round of Dim Sum… a dish filthy with soy sauce, chili sauce and GREASE.

Ouch 30 Euros!

Part II coming soon!

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White Asparagus

Monday, August 2, 2010

Back in May (I told you we were behind), Janna and I went to the Spargel (Asparagus) Festival. In Germany, asparagus is pure white and EXPENSIVE. Not many pictures of the festival itself (it was festival celebrating asparagus for gosh sake), but plenty of good food to drool over!

Did you know that they grew white asparagus buried in dirt?

I told you it was expensive, that’s about $6-7 a pound!

Some of the more expensive stuff. The larger the asparagus stalk, the more expensive it was. Kind of a waste really, since the larger stalks needed to be peeled anyway.

Ah, Spargel Tricolore. Roasted green and white asparagus with prosciutto and a healthy shaving of Parmigiano-Reggiano on top.

Keepin’ it real… unhealthy. Wurstsalat (pickled Spam salad) and day-glo french fries. Arteries… clogging…

German desserts… not as sweet as they look.

Flammkuchen! The tastiest, thinnest, pizza/crackers ever invented. Bacon and cheese = goot.

Gelato in style.

“Banana Split” spaghetti ice.

Whoops, I forgot to take a photo of mine before I destroyed it.

Bravo Vince, bravo!! You’ve posted three days in a row!!

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Viva Le Tour!!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

I got to scratch another item off my bucket list: “See the Tour de France in person.” Janna and I debated whether we should choose a mountain top stage or the final stage in Paris. Hmmm, let’s see… wait for 4 hours to watch the riders ride by for 20 seconds or hang out in the City of Light and see those same 20 seconds? No brainer right? Well, actually it was bit more than 20 seconds watching them in Paris. If you didn’t know, the final stage of the Tour de France has the riders pedaling up and down the Champs-Élysées about six times before the finish line… BONUS!

Double BONUS: Justin was in Paris too. Really cool hanging out with him again for the weekend (it also doesn’t hurt to have a free tour guide that can speak French too). Good times, good times! Oh yeah, Contador still bites and Lance RULES (even if he’s old and slow)!!

Can you be in Paris and NOT be a tourist? Guess not…

Ah, what blog post would be complete without pics of food? In this case, a nice meal before we went to watch the race. This meal ended for me with the “Floating Island (Oeufs a la Neige).” Beautifully light meringue floating on creamy vanilla custard. Drool…

Janna fed her addiction to Crème Brûlée with this beauty. Thanks to Justin who taught us how to use the “correct” American pronunciation of it: “Creamy Broo-Lee.” The waiter was not impressed.