Well I solved my initial dilema and now I am rolling.
I will be releasing a new theme for zenphoto....it was designed off the default black theme.
I did some changes on the layout....index.php loads as a custom page, created a gallery.php for displaying all albums instead.....
few CSS changes......
When the theme is ready do I email a developer or post it here.

New themes are always welcome! You could create a ticket and attach it.

I have the theming down for this application....my god i never thought theming could be this easy....
one second I seemed confused and the next minute I am rolling.

My first theme about to be released....thx to zenphoto.