Saturday, June 27, 2009

"TUGU" The Oldest Train Station in Yogyakarta

Tugu Train Station, The Oldest Train Station in Yogyakarta

Train is the main transportation at the beginning of the formation on Independent Indonesian Country. The railway in Indonesia built up at the Dutch colonization era. usually, the railway built for transport produce from plantation people.

Tugu Station in Yogyakarta, is has so many historical story, for independent day. one of important is transfer Indonesia Republic to Yogyakarta.

Now, Tugu Station, still standing with stout, and be masterpiece building in Yogyakarta.

Some photos, I successfully documentation, lets see this..



This main entrance to Tugu Station


Child will vacation to solo by train... Pramex (Prambanan Express)


Friday, June 26, 2009

Culinery Tours to Bakso 8Wolu

Are you still remember with my photos about Bakso 8Wolu Market last day...? The beautiful place, and Delicious food from beef.

Now I'll show about eight of bakso from Bakso 8Wolu Market... lets see its..

Cheese Bakso




Shrimp Bakso




Nerves Beef Bakso,


"Egg Puyuh Bird" Bakso


Red Hot Chili Pepper Bakso


Beef Heart Bakso

Fine bakso

Beef of Beef Bakso

The Most Beutiful Indonesian Crafts from Yogyakarta

The Malioboro Street Handy Craft







Many tourist from abroad impressed with Handy craft from Yogya. Unique, artistic, and Natural.

Yogyakarta, is the town of which famous with culture town. Creative industry, develop according culture of citizens.

there's batik Industry, Puppet industry, handy craft.. and so on. if you are visiting Malioboro Street, The famoust street in Yogyakarta, you'll find much creative industry be marketed there. A long Malioboro street, a lot trader offer their product.


"KASONGAN Village" Industry Creative from Village Goes to International Trade

Now, we turn to Kasongan Place, The HandyCraft Village in Yogyakarta. Kasongan is located in south of Yogyakarta Town, about 10 km from city center.

Lets see Photos below..

The big Candle places





Ok.. let see it..

still empty..

"Culinary Tours" Visit to Bakso 8Wolu Market

Bakso 8Wolu Market In Yogyakarta



"Bakso" is most popular food in Indonesia. It's made of beef, mixture with tapioca flour. Now, I have visited, the popular Bakso market in Yogyakarta. yes, the "Bakso Wolu" or The Bakso market of Eight.
The Name is getted from various of bakso of 8. There's egg bakso, beef heart bakso, fine bakso, nerves bakso, Cheese bakso, beef fried bakso, shrimp bakso, and Red Hot Chili Papper Bakso.

It's very Delicious.

The place of Bakso Market is located in Jl Glagah Sari 95B Yogyakarta, near of mayors office Yogyakarta Town.

Ok, lets see it..

Nuance of red...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

"Masjid Kampus" The Biggest Masjid In Yogyakarta

The Biggest Masjid in Yogyakarta, has a gate, with sylinder gate, a wonderful view, when we will enter the complex. with blue sky, like enter the faradise gate.





The name is "Masjid Kampus. It means masjid in Campuss Gadjah Mada University. Location of masjid in east of campuss from Graha Saba Building.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Fundamentals for making your Photography Hobby a Business



Making Your Hobby to Earn Money



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Many of us can create wonderful picture, but being a “pro shooter” selling them, and because there are very few photographers whose images are so outstanding that the photo-buying world beats a path to their door, the charm to making money is learning how to sell and market is learning how to sell and market your work and, at times, yourself.

1. Setting Goal and Objectives.

To begin, you’ll need to establish goals and objectives for your new business on paper. like photos below..





2. Doing Research

It isn’t easy making a living as a photographer, but if you love the craft of photography as I do and have no idea what else in the world would make you happy, then here are some key to establishing your goals and objectives.

a. Listen Carefully to those who have been there to avoid traps and pitfalls

b. Read materials from outside the industry as well as inside. The basic sales and marketing principles of successful companies like Coca cola, Nike, and P&G hold true for any product and service, and can be adapted to this industry. Think outside the box. Ideas come from everywhere.





c. Establish a Working Budget

How much money do you need to earn from year to year? What are your cost (gear, travel, office, sales, etc) What’s left to feed yourself?

d. Make Choice that will allow you to advance in those areas at which you excel and not get mired in tasks that hold you back.

e. Recognize your greatest weakness in running your business and make provisions to overcome that shortcoming.

3. Cataloging Images.

We must have our images organized and cataloged. So we can access it quickly.

4. Make Website

While a website is almost mandatory for professional photographers, it can be as basic as an online portfolio or as complex as having our own online, stock library.

5. Direct Mail

6. Networking

Being friendly, courteous and helpful will go a long way to getting your name remembered and in industry tremendously useful.

In the end, once you’ve made contact through your marketing and sales initiatives, it will be the professional manner and your demeanor that will determine how to sell that relationships grows. And it will be the relationships you keep that will support your career as a professional photographer

Success...!





Tuesday, June 23, 2009

"Quick Photo Tips" Make your Lanscapes Personal

Spiritual Landscapes

Baron Beach in Yogyakarta Indonesia

How To Make Spiritual Landscapes.., Let's try this Photo Tips...

Look into Your self, and find your instincts about the scene. This Sounds very zen, but it's the kind of thing that will help you to break into your own style.

We're so inundated with other photographers vision that sometimes we can't help but simply imitate some one else's shot. That's a valid way to progress in photography.

However, when you get in touch with your own unique vision of the landscape, you will truly be making spiritual Landscapes.

Let's Try.. Now lets seeing this photos...

Baron Beach with blue sky..




a Sailor Boat with one screen


Sepanjang Beach In Yogyakarta

* All photos produces by Ika Hilal Photography. The Indonesian Photographer.


Transportation Model In Indonesia

Any ways to reach our purpose. To the Market, Visiting Family, Picnic, studying, delivery order and others...
yes.. they are need Transportation. Any unique ways to reach it..

Now... we will showing, about transportation model the people get the purpose.


this is the ancient transportation, using horse to pull the horse train. in Jogjakarta, usually train horse using 4 wheel from rubber.


This is bamboo bridge transportation. when the people divide into river.. they should be accross the river to get the purpose. Only walking man and bicycle can using it.


If someone get picnic or go the market, near from home, the interesting ways is using Becak, The Train by someone encourage wit oar bicycle paddle.




it's more modern way, by pick up mobile. Anyone stand up in back of mobile, while bring their product.

in special area, the model transportation like that, still using. But now the quantity more reducer, remove by modern way transportation.

" Tegel Kunci " A Traditional Ceramics in Jogja

Almost all old building/houses in Jogja, using Ceramics with key motif. or in javanesse is "TEGEL KUNCI".

These photos take in Great Masjid / Mosque in Yogyakarta. Great Masjid is near of Keraton Yogyakarta, west of keraton. see its...



The Cat and Tegel Kunci "Key Ceramics"



The Cat is sleeping...

Look at the Motive. Usually the colour of Ceramics is uniform, Brown colour and yellow dominated most of ceramics.




and this is Tegel Kunci in ancient building in Yogyakarta


Ok... Enough... "Tegel Kunci" The art Traditional Ceramics in Jogja.

Monday, June 22, 2009

"Egrang Dolanan Bocah" The Art Traditional Games of Children

I'm Back...
No I'll to show of the art traditional games of Children in Yogyakarta. One of famous traditional games for children is Egrang.

Egrang Games is someone step on bamboo, or on Coconut shell. their foot is bounded with nail slope rope. Like this photos...

The unique of egrang, someone must walking as balance to avoid drop to ground. In this egrang parade, Egrang Player play music. yes.. its musical drum band.





at this photos, child walking with coconut shell, plok.. plok.. plok.. Nice sound from coconut shell.




Some of children playing egrang with coconut shell together...

Next.. I'll showing another art traditional from Jogja...

"Jatilan" The Art Traditional of Djogja


On a particular Event, in Yogyakarta often held people party. They are showing many traditional art performance.

They are do present the carnival dances as typical of each region. One is Jathilan. they are dance, singing and attracting of acrobat. The participants Can be their Father or mother and son to enliven it.
We see the image below

The Children participants ...



Adults participants as father from their child




This is hia mother / Mom ....




and this is Carnaval Jathilan


Well, this an attraction on the road... held poniard. but don't worry it's just Toy.


Traditional Children Toy

The Children World are Play world . They learn how to life with play.
It means the child is playing on the toys. Toys children hang on social-cultural Conditions


Toy Seller is playing Paper Puppet

Children of the city, will play with different ways with the village children. The City of Children is usually more developed in terms of game tool. They are used to play with the station, game station etc.. Meanwhile, the village children, they usually play more natural. Playing with nature.

Well, ... in Yogyakarta as city of culture, traditional toys are still found growing among children. His name is paper puppet. But one off the interesting .. Puppet paper is based on a TV cartoon character who developed at this time.

sure, one off learning, maintaining the tradition with the nuances of the present.

Please see photos below....


Toy seller in Yogyakarta


Father.. sell children toy for family living.


Sunday, June 21, 2009

RED HOT CHILI PEPPER from Indonesia "SAMBAL"

Are You know Sambal?

RED HOT CHILI PEPPER...
Ha... ha.. Ha... But Delicious.

In Indonesia, if we're eating, it is not complete without the presence of Sambal. Eating without Sambal, such as vegetables without salt, insipid.



Sambal is a major complement in food. Chili is Raw materials of Sambal. That can be used red chili, green, waved, and others.


It is Green Chili Sambal



Chili as Source of raw materials of Sambal, and with a little creativity, result various sambal and also it can be used to complement different food. There is paste sambal, sambal pecel , sambal tempe, sambal Penyet and others.
Sure we will love it.

In culinary festival, attend various sambal be presented. Lets see .. it


It's Red Hot Chili



It's Montain Chili Sambal


It's Terasi / Paste Sambal....




It's Only in Indonesia..
Are you Interesting..? Command let's go to Indonesia, a Beautiful Country in Katulistiwa.