Since I must choose, I pick candids. I much prefer getting an image that is a real "piece in time" such that the subjects were doing whatever they were doing, even if they were aware of me. When an image I like focuses on the scenery and not the people, I often ask if I can take a photo to give them a chance to get out of frame if they wish. If they don't want to move, I don't mind at all, as it gives extra information (either through interaction, scale, etc.), sometimes they will pose, so I take that photo and wait a bit to take another, more candid, photo. Nor do I mind the occasional posed image, but that mostly a request by others.
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