After graduating from university in San Francisco, he began freelancing and moved to San Diego to work as a photo editor for three years. Among the national and international exhibitions and art fairs Schude participated are "Prix De La Photographie" (Winners Exhibition, Paris, 2008 - group show), "Art Director's Club Young Guns Show" (New York City, 2008 - group show), Galerie 64bis (Paris, 2009 - solo show), "Magenta Flash Forward" (Lennox Contemporary, Canada, 2009 - group show), "Redefining Hollywood" (the Factory, Los Angeles, 2011 - group show), "Busta and Schude" (Bleicher Gallery, Los Angeles, 2011 - two person show), "L.A.te" (Bakersfield Museum of Art, California, 2012 - Group show) and Contemporary Istanbul’13.