Beginner White buildings, blue skies

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On cloudless, sunny days, how can one, when photographing white/light coloured buildings, avoid ending up with an extremely dark blue sky?
Are there any simple tips/techniques to cut down this annoying result, or is it basically down to post-processing, which I don't find that easy in terms of blue skies!
 
Exposure compensation is the way to go. Same principle as snow. The camera is seeing all that white
and thinking there is more light than there actually is.
 
It's a function I've rarely used, but will certainly try it out - thanks very much
 
Although it would require some (minimal) post processing, you could bracket the exposure on the shots and merge later.

So, you would take one pic at say -1, one pic at 0, and one pic at +1 exposure then process.

Dougie.
 
A blue, cloudless sky is quite a good mid-tone that you can meter off, then hold the reading as you re-frame for your shot ... if you know how to do that.

Or meter off a white wall, increase the exposure by a stop and a half, and hold that ...
 
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