Ani Trone Photography

Got the cover of Horse.com’s winter catalog issue with my beautiful “Indy in the Snow” photo.

Check it out!

This is awesome I am officially a published photographer now!

This is how we keep entertained here at Rickani Ranch, besides she’s been cooped up for so long with her injury I just have to keep her entertained!

Indigo Tari

She is turning out to better than I could have ever imagined.

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It was a gorgeous spring like day so I grabbed the camera to take with me to the barn. The horses had their blankets on and I thought it would probably feel really nice to have the warmth of the sun on their backs instead of their blankets.

As I was grooming Indy someone fired off a round in the woods and I was lucky enough to get this shot,her ears forward, eyes wide and body alert.

I played around with it in CS3 using some brushes, the dodge tool and a couple of Nik filters.

I really love how this one turned out…it is now my favorite picture I have of her.

Awww,  windy wintery days, crunchy snow and frisky horses, who could ask for more! Indy and Rain enjoying our cold morning in the pasture. Rain gave some great expressions, especially the wink and the tongue sticking out

I haven’t posted about Indy and Rain in a long time so when the distraction presented itself, I could not help but go out and take an opportunity to catch a few candid shots of my horses sunnin’ in the barn.

Just about 1:40pm this afternoon I brought them over from the pasture that is full of nice thick green grass where they had been grazing for about an hour for their lunch time. Well as I went back to my office they stood there in the barn doorway with full bellies and their nice warm and stylish winter blankets on.

Then it happened, Rain decided it was too warm and he had had enough of this darn blanket…that’s when I grabbed my camera and off to the barn I went.

He had somehow gotten his mouth into the front of his blanket and pulled it up

enough to expose his lil derriere.

From then it was on, I was like ‘Horse Paparazzi” all of a sudden.

…and then they cornered me!

Today started in a weird way…I started feelin’ kinda crappy after giving Indy breakfast this morning because she was givin me maritude like months prior to us starting Parelli. So I decided to get a really good workout done after cleaning the barn followed by an hour of P90X stretch…I then came into the office answered emails, checked out work and decided I’m gonna go and fetch my horse.

I saddled Indy and took her into our pasture that we are clearing out and decided to let her graze a little then work on some transitions. We did for a bit and all was going well but I felt bad for Rainy running around and calling out to us…so I took Indy back to the barn, fetched Rain and all three of us headed back into the pasture.

Now I’ve never ponied a horse before nor played with Rain and Indy while riding so this was all a new challenge and experience for us…it was fun, my day changed completely and my mood was elevated to a sense of accomplishment and pride. Instead of me just working on Indy and trying to make things right with her, I actually worked on all three of us and made things right for all of us. My role as leader came into play in a positive way and the three of us became a partners while having fun and establishing our roles with each other…anywho’s I’m not one for long posts but this was a great day of horsewomanship

Rick took the following photos for us at the end of our playtime: