>> EVERYONE HAS A PASSION AND PURPOSE IN LIFE. SOME JUST TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO FIND IT. IN TONIGHT’S STORY TO SHARE, GULF COAST NEWS REPORTER BRADLEY ONLY INTRODUCES US TO A MAN WHO FINDS HIS BUT GETTING OUTSIDE. >> LATELY, I’VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF AMERICAN KESTRELS TURN US IS OFTEN SEARCHING FOR HIS NEXT SUBJECT. I THIS OF COYOTE MAY BE WALKING THROUGH. I SEE THE POTENTIAL. I SEE WHAT YOU KNOW. I WISH. MORE OF TODAY AT JOE COVIELLO PARK. HE’S NOT LOOKING FOR CROWDS TO CAPTURE. HE’S LOOKING FOR THE HE’S DRAWN REALLY LOOKING FOR. >> FOR BOBCAT’S EAGLES, THERE WAS A FAMILY OF GREAT HORNED OWLS. ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEM. OPEN PRISONS BUT FOR AD PHOTOGRAPHY STARTED HIS CURIOSITY BEFORE I GOT INTO PHOTOGRAPHY. I WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LOSS. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT MY PURPOSE WAS. REALLY, I I DIDN’T KNOW I HAD THIS ARTISTIC SIDE TO ME UNTIL I LITERALLY PICKED UP MY FIRST CAMERA. AND I MEAN, I WENT RIGHT INTO IT LATER. IT GREW INTO COMPASSION. WE ALL HAVE A PURPOSE. >> RIGHT DOWN TO THE TINIEST LITTLE INSECT TO THE TENNIS LITTLE BALD TIGER FOR NATURE ISN’T JUST BEAUTIFUL. IT’S ESSENTIAL NEGATIVITY. IT CREEPS AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART. IT’S NOT GOING TO GET MUCH MORE CALMING THAN THIS. >> PROVES WHEN IT COMES TO PURPOSE. WE FIND IT IN STEPPING SLOWING DOWN AND RECONNECTING TO THE WORLD AROUND US. 50 ACRES OF PEACE AND CALM IN CAPE CORAL AND AND YET GULF COAST NEWS. >> AND IT IS A REALLY GOOD GUY. WE POSTED A LINK TO ED’S WORK ON OUR GULF COAST NEWS APP. YOU CAN FIND IT UNDER TH

Ed Saternus is often searching for his next subject. At Joe Coviello Park in Cape Coral, he’s not looking for crowds to capture. He’s looking for the wildlife he’s drawn to.”I’m really looking for bobcats, eagles; there was a family of great horned owls. I’m always on the lookout for them,” Saternus said.For Saternus, photography started with curiosity.”Before I got into photography, I was just, you know, kind of lost. I didn’t know I had this artistic side of me, I just picked up my first camera, and I mean, I went right into it,” Saternus said.That curiosity grew into compassion.”We all have a purpose, right down to the tiniest little insect to the tiniest little bald photographer,” Saternus said.For Saternus, nature isn’t just beautiful. It’s essential.”The negativity, it creeps in every once in a while, but for the most part it’s not going to get much more calming than this,” he said.Saternus proves that, when it comes to purpose, we find it in stepping out, slowing down, and reconnecting to the world around us.To learn more about Saternus, you can find his work here.DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. —

Ed Saternus is often searching for his next subject. At Joe Coviello Park in Cape Coral, he’s not looking for crowds to capture. He’s looking for the wildlife he’s drawn to.

“I’m really looking for bobcats, eagles; there was a family of great horned owls. I’m always on the lookout for them,” Saternus said.

For Saternus, photography started with curiosity.

“Before I got into photography, I was just, you know, kind of lost. I didn’t know I had this artistic side of me, I just picked up my first camera, and I mean, I went right into it,” Saternus said.

That curiosity grew into compassion.

“We all have a purpose, right down to the tiniest little insect to the tiniest little bald photographer,” Saternus said.

For Saternus, nature isn’t just beautiful. It’s essential.

“The negativity, it creeps in every once in a while, but for the most part it’s not going to get much more calming than this,” he said.

Saternus proves that, when it comes to purpose, we find it in stepping out, slowing down, and reconnecting to the world around us.

To learn more about Saternus, you can find his work here.

DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.