Why are my images not shown where I've inserted them in my .tex file?

Question

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This is my document:

\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{courier}
\title{This is my title}
\author{elcodedocle}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
\begin{document}
\setlength{\parskip}{10pt}
\maketitle
\section{This is my section}
\paragraph{Hello}
\lipsum
\begin{figure}[h!]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=0.50\textwidth]{thisismyimage.jpeg}
    \label{fig:Fig 1}
    \caption{This is my image.}
\end{figure}
\lipsum
\begin{figure}[h!]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=0.50\textwidth]{thisisanotherimage.jpeg}
    \label{fig:Fig 2}
    \caption{This is another image.}
\end{figure}
\lipsum
\begin{figure}[h!]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=0.50\textwidth]{thisisanotherimage2.jpeg}
    \label{fig:Fig 3}
    \caption{This is another image 2.}
\end{figure}

Can you tell me why my images don't show right after the first paragraph?

Answer 1

Use \usepackage{float} in your preamble, and use [H] option in float/figure environment

\documentclass[letterpaper,draft]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{courier}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{float}
\title{This is my title}
\author{elcodedocle}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}

\begin{document}
\setlength{\parskip}{10pt}
\setlength{\parindent}{10pt}
\maketitle

\section{This is my section}

\paragraph{Hello}

\lipsum

\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{thisismyimage}
\end{figure}

\lipsum

\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{thisismyimage}
\end{figure}

\lipsum

\end{document}