I know you can turn this protection on in the [options] panel by selecting "no access". But this option will still allow users to clik on the image, and if they do they will be sendt to the main page.
There is a a href with a function quite obvious named ``. Just remove that link.
Also recommended to read even if you don't want to your own theme: http://www.zenphoto.org/2008/05/theming-tutorial