Off-beat podcaster reaches worldwide audience

Award-winning wedding photographer turned podcaster Jason Naylor dished up an autobiographical insight into his life as a quirky innovator to Wintec students last week.

Host of popular podcast ‘Breaking Art,’ Naylor spoke on Thursday at Wintec’s annual Spark Festival, alongside other media and creative visionaries during the four-day symposium.

Naylor, who began his career as a software tester, presented a detailed one-hour talk on the nature of podcasting and wedding photography, and how creative passion can become a financial reality.

He also talked about his own life and family, and how they influence his career.

Naylor said that family was not a topic he normally discusses with his audience.

“I’ve given a number of talks over the years as a photographer, but very rarely have I talked about stuff like this. I’ve never had the opportunity.

“This is probably more thought or conversation than I’ve ever had with anyone about it.”

Naylor talked about how to stand out in a competitive industry.

“If someone like me can make a podcast work, then anyone can.”

While touring the country, Naylor hosts a variety of local artists on his podcast, where he discusses art, and how artists can make a financially viable living doing what they love.

Naylor has retrofitted his beloved 1974 Volkswagen Kombi with soundproofing and microphones, and uses it as a mobile studio to host ‘Breaking Art.’

What began as a passion project has quickly evolved into what is just the first season for his podcast, and Naylor is now reaching listeners across the globe, something he says came as an unexpected surprise.

“I’d love to sit here and say I had this massive strategy or plan for it, but in reality I don’t. I’m just going with it. “

Naylor says he began podcasting with the intention of discussing the financial side of art, but has found that heavier topics like making money tend to take a back seat.

“I’m just trying to keep this true to how it started.”

Naylor says he began podcasting with the intention of discussing the financial side of art, but has found that heavier topics such as making money tend to take a back seat.

“I’m not talking as much about money as I could be, so clearly I’m not that comfortable with it.

“But I ask myself, is that what I wanted to talk about anyway? I’m more interested in people and their art, and their artistic process.”

He is already planning a second season later this year with promising new creatives from across the country.

Naylor says that the best advice he could offer young students was to just get out there and innovate. “People just need to get out there and do it.”