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Thursday, October 9, 2008

[Members - click here] When I used to run Bear-Pics.com (from '00 to '06), I had a section for Amateur photos. What this section consisted of was a slew of pics sent in by a bunch of cute Bearish guys. Over those years, this section grew as more and more good looking men sent in their homebrewed pics. However, once I closed the doors to Bear-Pics, all those photos were taken down.

What I decided to do today on PlanetBears was put these photos back up, and so far I added 498 pics from 24 husky hot guys. There's still more photos that I need to add which I will do very soon. I am also trying to figure out the best way on how I want to layout these galleries, however for now I just bunched them up and placed them into 2 areas.

Now on the flipside of things, I want to breathe life back into this Amateur section - so if you have pics of yourself you'd like to share, then email them in or use the contact form. If they get used, in exchange I will give you a year's membership to PlanetBears. Send in more pics later on and you'll get another year free, it's as simple as that.

Click here to see some previews.

Read more here.

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Sunday, October 5, 2008
[Members - click here , here, here and here ~~~ preview #1, preview #2, preview #3, preview #4] A few months back, I was working on the BearFoot site, and I realized, after putting a few months of work into it, that I was spreading myself too thinly; I just didn't have the necessary time to efficiently work on yet another website.

My goal with that site was to add Roger's (galleries - videos - profile) photos and videos there, and I did manage to place a bunch of photos, a lot of them not seen anywhere else. Now, since I was putting my time and energy into BearFoot and not into the PlanetBears galleries, well I wasn't adding any photos to PlanetBears and some members were getting restless. So... I decided to therefore allow PlanetBears members to 'preview' BearFoot. I made a call in the news stating that all PlanetBears members should contact me and in turn I would give them a temporary user/pw.

Well, after making this call 2 times in the news and once in the newsletter, I would say only 1/10th of the PlanetBears members contacted me in order to get their temp user/pw... which led me to conclude that not many people read what's on the net. I could probably write anything I want and get away with it since people seem to be skipping the text in favour of looking at the pics and videos. I'm not passing judgement, I'm much the same way.

Read more here.

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Friday, October 3, 2008
It's Friday which means there is always something new to be found over at BearBound (preview). This site is one of the very first webpages that devoted itself to seeing the cutest husky Bears being tied up in a bunch of interesting ways, with new videos and photo shoots every Friday. The site is maintained by Dart (website - profile). And look at the articles PlanetBears have written about BearBound in the past. Can you tell we dig this site? If you have a site and would like it to be mentioned here in the news, just contact us.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

His real name is Joe Mannetti however many of you know him as Joe Falconi (photo - courtesy of Lee Friend of Talk Magazine) . He has been the heartthrob to many a Bear lover as he's appeared in quite a few photo shoots, magazines and Bear movies. You might even remember seeing him for a few seconds on Conan O'Brien (altho much to the dislike of CyberBears).

Well Joe has been a very busy Bear of late, especially with the ton of work he puts into the GLBT community. You should check out this article on The Complete Bear (website - profile) to see all the things he has been up as well as all the things he'll be doing.

Oh - he also just won the Mr. Los Angeles Bear '08 title held by BearsLA at Oil Can Harry's last September 13th. A huge congratulations goes to him.

On a personal note, I have always found Joe super duper cute ever since I first saw his photos on BearBound (preview pics of Joe - articles - profile). There's something about him that just captures your eye... and keeps it focused on him. I'm sure we'll be hearing more from him in the upcoming future.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Click Here to see a short video that Roger (galleries - articles - profile) and I (Forrest - profile) made one summer day (click here to see a list of all the videos). We tried something a little different when it came to binding feet; we also bound Roger's toes together, as in - his big toe bound to his big toe right down to his pinky toe being bound to his other pinky toe. It was then that I realized just how flexible his cute stocky feet are.

There's no sound to this video and it's a little short - about 3 minutes or so, but it's still fun to see. Here are a few quick snapshots as well (photo #1 ~ large - small) (photo #2 ~ large - small) (photo #3 ~ large - small).

There's some unrelated bad news, but there's a bit of good news as well. The bad news is that the external harddrive that I have all my videos of Roger short circuited, actually blackening the circuits, all because I plugged in the wrong AC adapter (they all look so alike). So I brought this external HD to the computer shop, and not to get into any technical details, they are working on it. The possible bad news is that I might have to spend a lot of money to extract the data, which would suck something seriously. The good news is that I still have most of the master copies on MiniDV cassettes so if they are going to ask for a bundle to extract the data, I'll just spend a couple of days loading all the videos into another external harddrive.

So, if you need to learn something today, learn from me: Buddha Bob says use the right plug for the right box, unless you enjoy the smell of circuits frying in the morning.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Back in '05, I had the chance to spend a day with René, aka OneDragon (galleries - profile). In that day we were able to take an incredible amount of photos, and our first stop was in a field near a sand mining factory. This field is pretty huge with a man-made lake next to it. There's also a lot of abandoned areas here and there, as well as a bunch of industrial junk lying around.

Anyhow, the photos from that shoot turned out great, so much so that one of the pictures inspired artist Brent D. Marr (website - articles - profile) to draw one of the photos - here is Brent's drawing and here is the original picture.

It put a huge smile on my face to see that image, and so I decided to make this photo set public. You can see all 69 images here. They are 800x600 and members can see the 1600x1200 ones (including all the other OneDragon photos).

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

His name is Alan and he's angry... so much so that he made a site called Angry Alan. What's he so angry about...? Well I don't know really, however he is one heck of a photographer who takes all kinds of great stills in 35mm, 120mm, 4x5 and with a Polaroid. He can also make a print of anything you wish, or so he says on his site.

Oh... he also likes Bears. In his About section, he says he's angry and it's a long story, but he digs Bears, and wow he also takes some great stills of Bears too (photos here). He has a modest collection of very casual shots of Bears in relaxed settings, however the men he photograph are anything but dull... on the contrary, the men he's taken pics of are brilliantly sexy Bearish men. Great full body shots, all of them handsome. I really hope he plans to add more to this section.

I think... when Alan is among Bears... he isn't so angry, yet I'm just assuming.

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Friday, September 19, 2008

[Members - click here] Here is a 9 minute video of the incredibly cute and husky Roger in 'Alone on the Shore'.

Here's the short synopsis: "Roger decides to take his boat for a little spin around the lake near his country place. It is a picture perfect afternoon. He comes upon a barren beach which looks perfect to him, so he directs his boat towards it, and once on shore he casts his mini anchor. Roger walks along the beach for awhile, finding a comfortable spot to relax... and that he does, relaxes until the point of release. Another fun video from Roger, shot in high definition so you really get to see the best of this gorgeous Bear".

Make sure to send Roger a message via his profile on TubeBear. Also to check out his gallery here on PlanetBears (with almost 400 pics of him). Below is a trailer of 'Alone on the Shore'.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

On TubeBear, there's over 8600 profiles with around 3200 images in their galleries, and there is sure a lot of very good looking men. What I like to do is browse the galleries... and I came across this photo (small - large) which is just... well... spectacular, or I think so anyway (there's always going to be a picture that will impress over the others... just like a song you listen to over and over... or that Xmas time movie you always want to see again and again).

His nickname is Cabriat (profile), he's in Spain, there isn't anything added to his 'about' section yet he's 35, and I know he takes a great photo. To see the rest of his gallery, you need to login to TubeBear.

Now if you see a spectacular image on TubeBear, email me or use the contact form. And now that people are adding more and more RIMs (Recorded Instant Messages), let me know of a particular RIM that you had to watch a few times. Let's share our good looking findings here on TubeBear.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Just recently I mentioned that the German BearFighter has updated his page with a bunch of new rugged images (website - articles - profile). Well he also sent in a very nice background image, something that could be used as a wallpaper (grab it here). It's a clipart from his collection. Make sure to check out his site. He is meticulous with the way he presents his subject, definitely one of my favourite photographers of Bears.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

You may have notice... on TubeBear - the main page - there's a drawing in the bottom left hand corner. If you refresh the page, the drawing changes. Over the past while, TubeBear has been asking artists to make a TubeBear art piece. Take a look at all the great entries right here.

Calling all artists: if you are a Bear artist - or if you're an artist who makes Bearish art - may it be paintings, drawings, cartoons or photography - send it in (either by email or by the contact form). Here is the TubeBear ball for you to download (it's a zip file with the PSD and the PNG as well the font). What we do over at TubeBear is that we will display it in rotation. Also, if you create a profile and add a link back to your website (either for yourself or for your work), we can also add a banner (720x90 pixels) which will also show up in rotation on the main page.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

[PlanetBears members - click here] It's funny how life is... I hadn't seen Jacques aka PandaMontreal (galleries - profile) for over a year and a half, and in the past month I've seen him 3 times. It's mostly my fault for not getting together... I've been doing that whole 'love' thing with Roger (galleries - profile).

Anyhow, the last time I saw Jacques he handed me a bunch of CDs with photos of himself, some I posted in my last update (here) and some I'm posting today. This set Panda calls it his Sexcapades... it's all about him surrounded by his myriad of teddybears, him checking out guys in Uniform magazine and in a 'jerk off' session.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

It's always a nice thing when BearFilms sends us a few free previews from their recent photo shoot. This one is of Mitch Baer and you can see the photos here. BearFilms has sent us several other previews, all you have to do is dig around the archives section (here) to find some more sets. Make sure to check out their site as they have a ton of great photos and videos for you to peruse.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

We got some news from BearFighter (website - articles - profile). The German photographer is from back the USA and has a bunch of new photos that he's added to his site.

From BearFighter: "After my little exhibition in San Francisco during the summer, I have worked more behind the scenes, in the background, drank some sips from the creative cornucopia and came back now with a lot of new photo material. Feel free to dig around on my website, under Visions click through my different themes of 'Real Brutes', 'Bears' and 'Wrestlers'. If you go to Events, please have a look at my latest promotions & publications".

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Saturday, September 6, 2008
There really isn't much about Ryan Lee on his website yet his photographs do speak volumes. I actually got to meet Ryan briefly at the Monsieur Bear Montréal (articles) which took place at the Woof Bar (website). Ryan was there taking photos of the event for Fugues Magazine, and he took a ton of pics and they are excellent. This guy is real good - he took pics of me and I actually look decent. Make sure to check out his site, there's a ton of event pics to be seen.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008
DaddySwap is another cool site from the same guys who bring you SuperChubs (articles). The idea is very much the same with both sites - sign up, get some free credits, then browse the incredible 250,000 photos of Daddies and Bears they have in their archives. Altho you only start with something like 25 credits, if you send them your photos, they will add credits to your account. And of course, if you have no photos to share, simply sign up for a month. Click here to see some example photos.

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Last Saturday night the Woof Bar (website) held the very first Monsieur Bear Montréal contest. 5 guys competed and it was Robert Pettigrew who took the title. Check out the pics from the event here. On a personal note, my partner Roger (galleries - profile) was one of the contestants and he was runner-up, and from what I understand, he was very close to winning. Nevertheless he had fun and he looked great in his business suit and leather gear.

As I mentioned, we were there broadcasting the show live thru TubeBear - however we did have issues, mostly wi-fi issues. The connection would fade out, and each time it did we lost the broadcast, so there was a lot of reconnecting going on. The good news is that we taped the whole show, which means you'll be able to see it soon.

Once again, check out the pics here from the contest, and below is a RIM (Recorded Instant Message) Roger and I (Forrest) made the day after the contest.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

TubeBear is going to be livecasting the 'Monsieur Bear Montréal' contest tonight - Saturday, August 30th - 10PM EST - at the 'Woof Bistro & Bar' (website - articles - profile) which is at 1661 Ste Catherine street in the Gay Village of Montreal.

This is going to be the 1st Bear contest ever that this city is going to see, so it's not only going to be fun but a bit monumental. Woof bar is also new and it's the 1st bar that is catering to Bears and their admirers. The owner is real cool and sympathetic, so we're all hoping this is going to be the start of a really good thing.

I (Forrest) will be broadcasting live from the bar, so if you cannot make it in person, then come by and watch it online, either on PlanetBears or on TubeBear. Make sure to send in some messages during the show.

ps - my hubby Roger (galleries - profiles) is going to be one of the contestants for Monsieur Bear. This is the first time he's ever done anything like this so he's a bit nervous but he's also excited and he's out to have fun. Make sure to come by and root for him, in person on online.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

[Members ~ click here and here] Jacques aka PandaMontreal has been kind enough to share with a bunch of pics that were never posted here on PlanetBears. He sent in so many that I'm going to divide these updates, this being the 1st one (click here to see all of his photo sets in the PlanetBears' Galleries section - click here to see his TubeBear profile).

In this update, there's 2 sets. The 1st set Jacques calls it his 'Black & White' set; pics of him on a black chair in a white setting. At the end, I added some photos from his 'Dreamland' series; photos of him in bed surrounded by his collection of teddybears.

In the 2nd set, you get to marvel at the magical work of GianOrso (gallery - profile). the Italian GianOrso is truly a master photographer, and in my opinion he has taken some of the best photos ever of Bearish men found anywhere in this universe. Well GianOrso came to visit Canada a few years back and Jacques was fortunate enough to have a photo session with him. As a bonus, there's a bunch of 'behind the scenes' photos in which you get to see GianOrso photographing Panda.

In the next update, which will be in a couple of days, we will be posting Jacques' 'Sex-capade' set - a hot little jerk-off solo session. 

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

BearFilms has a new DVD out entitled All Amateur Bears 3 - Furry Fuckers and you can pre-order it now for a nice low price ~ $24.95 (regular price $39.95) and if you're a member of BearFilms, it's even cheaper ~ $19.95. You gotta hurry on this one because this special order lasts only until September 3rd. And join their mailing list to find out about more furry fucking specials.