Advice needed on working with a photographer

Hi all, I’m looking for some advice regarding a recent experience working with a photographer we’ll call Bob.

I am a woodworker, and I recently completed a piece with an historic connection to the city I live in. The piece is displayed in a cafe in the city.

Around two weeks ago I contacted Bob to get some photos taken of the piece, as my plan was to pay for high quality photos that I could use for gaining social media exposure. I received the photos a week ago.

Three days ago, Bob posted the photos on his social media account, which included tagging the cafe who have 25k followers and the company that the piece is tied to historically. The post was very successful, but I feel like he’s taken the exposure that I was going to get. The cafe has shared his photos on their story, but it’s tied to his account.

I understand that the photos are owned by the photographer, but is this standard practice? I feel like I’ve wasted money to give this photographer exposure.

All advice welcomed!

EDIT: just to clarify, there was no contract