Stake Baby Pin

Ok, a bit of background for you: there are these things called "baby pins" that your smaller film lights go on. You find these pins on light stands, offset arms, mafer clamps, C-clamps, scissor clips....lots of places (bigger lights use junior pins).

I have found that there are limited opions if one wishes to light from a low vantage point. You can always put your light on a wall plate and hold it up with a sandbag (putting it on the ground in a horizontal position, you realize) but you run out of those and it's a waste of sandbags that could be keeping people safe somewhere else. Plus jury-rigs are never as good as grip equipment made for the purpose.

A pin attached to a lead plate would do nicely for inside and studio applications.

But for outside, on-location applications, the easiest, most efficient thing would be a simple stake about two feet long with a baby pin on it. You hammer the stake into the ground with a mallet, put on the light, and voila, dramatic under-lighting for Lumberjack Dracula.

These could be useful for outdoor concerts and theater performances as well.