Techniques and systems are described for generating location based photo discovery suggestions. Generally, photo discovery data is generated and utilized to form discovery suggestions that identify suggested locations for capturing photographs, as well as other capture-related information that is presented to assist a user in capturing photographs of interest to the user. A discovery suggestion, for example, not only identifies a location of potential photographic interest to a user, but also includes information such as camera settings and suggested camera equipment for capturing photos at the location. A discovery suggestion thus guides a user as to how to maximize a likelihood that a digital image captured by the user includes subject matter of interest to the user and is also visually pleasing.