This is a friendly reminder to all that you need to check out the Bear Amateur Galleries every now then that are within the PlanetBears Galleries. I don't always make note about all the additions (altho I should).

The latest updates have been going into Amateur Gallery #6, with new photos sent in by Virgo Dave (profile), Beer Belly Bear and Heiko (profile).

Now if you have some photos of yourself and you think you're a cute lil' Bear, then send them in (either email or send one via the contact form simply to get in touch with me), and in exchange I will give you a membership to PlanetBears. There are around 22,000+ photos in the Galleries and the Video section continues to grow as well.

Here's a new PlanetBears Amateur Gallery update for ya. This time, it's more of a Chub Bear update, as the 15 new models are all just a bit more huskier than your average Joe. More to cuddle is how one could look at it. You'll find these photos in the Amateur #6 section within the Galleries. In all, there's over 300 new pics. And a small side note, one of the models is Mikey and it's Eric Z (gallery - profile) who took these photos of him one afternoon and decided to share.

As I mentioned in the article above, I've moved over all of the BearPress and Bear-Pics Amateur Galleries over to the PlanetBears Galleries. However, there was one that gallery I didn't add. It's not like I forgot it, it's just that... well... it consisted of only 1 photo, this one, of the incredibly cuddly, furry, puppy-eyed Mark.

Now if you check out the BearPress galleries, you'll remark that the smallest galleries have at least 3 photos in them (remember... these photos were sent at a time before scanners and digital cameras were common toys men had at their disposal). And as I mentioned before in another article, the real reason why I put these BearPress galleries up is because they are meaningful (to me).

However, this one picture of Mark is probably the most meaningful of all (to me) because this was the very first picture someone sent to me for my 'then' non-existent Amateur Galleries. I had made a call in the news asking guys to send me in their photos, and Mark sent me just 1, but it was the one that started things off for me. This was before I was photographing men and had any material of my own, so... as you can see... it's got meaning quite a bit of meaning to me... and darn, Mark's just so frikkin' cute...! Too bad he didn't send me 3 dozen photos. I just thought I'd share that with ya.

The Bear Amateur Galleries have been filling up quite nicely lately, however you just might not have noticed since all of this is happening in the Gallery section. I have been working hard at filling those areas up. The past few weeks, I've added over 3000 photos from exactly 100 different cute Bears who, at one point or another, have sent me their photos, some of them dating back as far as '99. Also, ever since I reopened the Bear Amateur Galleries, I've been receiving a lot of new sets as well and I have more to add. Here are some quick links to check these out ~ Gallery #1 - Gallery #2 - Gallery #3 - Gallery #4 - Gallery #5. And here are the BearPress galleries (from '99 - '00). Make sure to keep an eye out on these galleries as I will be adding more and more photo sets and yet I don't always mention that fact here in the news.

If you're interested in having your galleries displayed here on PlanetBears, just email me (Forrest - profile) or use the contact form, add your photos, and if you've got a certain Bearish look about you, then in exchange I will give you a membership to PlanetBears.

[Click Here] You know, there are some really hot looking men in this world and I thank our blue and green planet Mother Earth for that fact every day. That being said... I'm really honoured to present to you Scott. I have seen pics of Scott on the net for some time now (especially those of him next to his motorcycle), and have been a fan of his ever since my eyes came across his photos. I didn't know who he was back then, but then I landed upon his homepage.

Now here is one truly interesting Bear: he's a paramedic and he's right now working for a company in Afghanistan until the summer of '09. If you check out his homepage, you'll see some beautiful shots of where he's staying as well as some truly gross pictures of dead insurgents. Not that I'm a wuss or anything, I just decided not to place my attention on the results of war... instead I  focused my attention on Scott's incredible Bearish body. I also read his bio which is a really interesting read. He's open and honest; quality traits I appreciate in a man.

Scott gave me the permission to add his photos to the PlanetBears Galleries. Simply put, he's a Bear deity (heck, I'd worship him by sacrificing a few twinks). Seriously, he's got a body that doesn't stop and these wild green/blue/hazel coloured eyes that melt you like butter all the while burning a lasting impression onto your soul. I've been gawking at the 200+ pics that I added, and all I could think of is that I hope one day I might able to meet with Scott and work on a photo shoot together. He's got a body that I think my camera would love.

Click here to see some previews, and make sure to email him.

Here is the 3rd and final set of Ben Goodman. Members, click here. Ben (profile) and I are trying to schedule another meeting, hopefully near the end of August... we want to work on another set of photos... we might even dabble with a bit of bondage.

In this photo set, you get to see Ben in a snazzy suit. He's on a business trip and he's now retiring back in his hotel room after a long day of work. He is just about to get undress and put on some leather so as to hit the evening Montreal scene when he decides to quickly login to TubeBear to see if he has any messages. He has one from Frank (galleries - profile), which he checks out. It's one of Frank dancing to some disco. He then gets another message from Forrest (profile), and he chats with him a bit, all the while getting undressed.

Click here to see some previews - here for some 800x600 pixels (pic #1 - pic #2 - pic #3) and the 1600x1067 pixels (pix #1 - pic #2 - pic #3).

It's a fun set, and there's video from this set as well, which will be coming soon (by early next week).

[PlanetBears/bear-pics members - click here] When I first opened up TubeBear, I started featuring profiles of guys I thought were cute and had great photos. One of the very first gents I featured was a cute guy with the nickname Thudd (profile). His name is Ben Goodman and he lives in Ottawa with his equally cute partner Furry Fukker (profile)... fast forward a couple of months and Ben emails me, saying he's coming up my way for the opening of a new Bear bar in Montreal and would be interested in doing a photo shoot. It had been a long time since I've done a shoot (I mean, I've been taking photos of Roger for a year straight, but nobody else)... so let me rephrase, it's been awhile since I did a shoot with someone other than my partner, but luckily Ben and I worked really well, he's truly photogenic, cute, and we all had a good time over the weekend, especially when Ben's partner would crack jokes.

There's 2 sets added today in the Galleries - the 1st set is of Ben in Old Montreal, and the 2nd set is him in the hot tub at the Big Boys Guesthouse. I have one more set of photos left which I will add next week - it's him in (and out) of his business suit chatting on his webcam and laptop, and there's also Video that goes along with it.

I'm hoping that we'll all get together soon to repeat the process because I truly enjoyed working with Ben. He's a real good looking Bear, has a gentle smile, soft brown eyes, and all the while is funny, witty, energetic and intelligent.

Click here for a preview.

This upcoming weekend, I will be getting together with Ben aka Thudd (TubeBear profile) for a photo session. We were also going to do some video, but I broke 2 digital cameras in the past week, but I still have one left so if I don't break that on by Friday, we might be able to get some video in.

Ben lives in Canada's capital city of Ottawa, which is just a couple of hours away from my hometown of Montreal. He is coming here with his partner Furry Fukker (profile) to check out the opening of a new Bear bar called Woof Bistro. I saw Ben's profile awhile back and featured him in the news. A short while later he contacted me requesting to have some photos taken for the Gallery section, and as I mentioned, we might also do a few short clips for the Video area. You might even see Ben online if you check out the LiveStreaming page every now and then as well.

Should be a lot of fun this weekend and I'll have the photos up by next week. To see a few pics of Ben (photos not taken by me), click here.