Noobie question about shooting in overcast condition

Where I live, the sky is always cloudy and most of my shots end up with a white sky.
Any tips on shooting things mostly buildings and landscape, so that I don't end up with a large white background. Thanks.

You have two choices:
- Add light to the subject (might be a bit hard with buildings).
- Wait until the time of day the light is balanced.

You can also try to bracket your shots and merge them later on...or HDR is.

I tend to shoot in this type of setting by under-exposing by 2/3 of a stop generally. I find it easier to bring the detail out of the darker foreground in photoshop than it is trying to find some detail in the blown sky.

If you are using Lightroom or ACR and adjust the HSL sliders for the blue and magenta you will find that you might get some detail back in an image that looks like it might not have any detail there. This is not the best as it does attract some noise to the sky area. I still prefer underexposing to begin with.