How to get attribute Value

/**

* get attribute collection

*/

$attribute = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute('my_attribute');

/**

* get attribute type

*/

$attribute->getAttributeType();

/**

* get attribute Label

*/

$attribute->getFrontendLabel();

/**

* get attribute default value

*/

$attribute->getDefaultValue();

/**

* check if the attribute is visible

*/

$attribute->getIsVisible();

/**

* check if the attribute is required

*/

$attribute->getIsRequired();

/**

* get attribute value

*/

$attributeValue = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId())->getMyAttribute();