Are you booked? Once you book and have a coordinator you will be able to get this type of information from her/him. I too hired an outside photographer but ONLY after getting it IN WRITING that I was allowed to have him and only needed to purchase day passes for him and his assistant. Their in house photographer for Playacar Palace had like 10 sample photos. LOL I was like, "ummm.....no". I think if you just put your foot down and state, "If I can't have a photog of my choosing I'll have to look elsewhere" you won't have issues. My TA also helped me with getting everything arranged. The woman has been a life saver!