Javi went bold for his birthday : red outfit, red backdrop, full event salon at his building in Chicago, and a room full of friends who showed up to make a night out of it.

We covered the whole party, the drinks, the laughter, the small chaos that makes these events feel alive.

The backdrop turned into its own little setup, every friend stepping in for a portrait, and by the end I had a full reel of the night plus a whole gallery of the people who made it.

The kind of birthday that's loud, fun, and worth catching every minute of.