LaTeX document demonstrating use of figures in a float

figures.tex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}
% \usepackage{biblatex}
\graphicspath { {figs/} }

\begin{document}

This is me referencing Figure~\ref{fig:smile}.

\begin{figure}[ht]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{smiley.png}
  \caption{This is our awesome smiley face} 
  \label{fig:smile}
\end{figure}

\end{document}