I got married last month in Bahia Principe, when I contact the wedding coordinator to request information about photographers ,and ask if I can bring someone from USA, told me that I had to pay the fee if it was a foreign photographer, either local or international. I was very surprised, I decided to tell her that he was one of our relatives who would take photos and told me that in that case had to bring a copy of passport or the family book to the wedding meeting to confirm that the photographer was actually a family, if not in all cases would have to pay the fee, I said what if this person were a very close friend, told me that the fee will only be exempted if they are family, Even If he is a close friend , he has to pay the fee ,because they have an exclusive agreement with Arrecife Studio, so As she did not give me many options I decided to take the service of Arrecife, and I checked some photos of their work on Facebook, and they look nice . What I can say is that they did a beautiful job in my wedding , the pictures are amazing even when the day was cloudy they manage very good , excelent photographers very nice people !!! One thing ,dont book very late your wedding If you want to have some pictures on the beach , At 05:00 pm is getting dark very fast . Good Luck !!! Wedding coordinators are very helpful!