My husband and I were married a few weeks ago in a very intimate destination elopement ceremony with our families in attendance. It was 10 guests total. Our photographer is a friend of the family (specifically long time on again/off again girlfriend of my brother in law) and she is a professional wedding photographer. Immediately after she sent me the link to our wedding photos (500+ photos) via e-mail I start getting calls/texts at work from my family saying how great they were. I asked the photographer who she sent them to and she said she sent the link to our album to everyone that was on the group e-mail discussion about the wedding details (which was everyone we invited, some were not able to come). Her e-mail to them also told them "feel free to post at your leisure". I cant help but feel upset by this. My husband and I didn't even get a chance to look at them together before people who didn't even attend the wedding got to see them, and I feel like it was really inconsiderate to tell everyone that they could post anything from our wedding album on social media! Isn't it common courtesy to give the bride/groom their wedding photos and let them share as they see fit? I was really looking forward to looking through them in person with my cousins/grandparents and I was planning on making and surprising my Dad with a photobook as a "Thank You" for helping fund our wedding. When I asked the photographer why she sent them out to everyone she said that a few people asked her at the ceremony to send them the photos when she was done editing so she thought she was doing a nice thing by sending them to everyone. My husband is not big on photos, doesn't use social media very often and thinks this is "such a first world problem." I agree it is, but I can't shake my frustration they were sent out to everyone without our permission. Am I right to be upset over this, or am I overreacting?
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