<p>There is a way to give yourself access to your galleries. It takes a few clicks, but is not that difficult. Most people do not want or need to do that, as you can go to "Tools" and "Manage Pictures" to see all your pictures.</p>
<p>The problem with automatically giving access to your own pictures is that a certain percentage take that to mean that there is no security and if they can see thier pictures then everyone can see them. They then delete all their picture and leave the site. So no matter what we do, people are going to be upset. </p>
<p>This old site also has two completely different picture systems in place. The old system which is just the default public and default private gallery and the new custom gallery system. That does create a higher learning curve, but it really is not that hard once you learn it.</p>
<p>The new site should make all this easier to use.</p>