Busy reading books

Ive been busy with the Open University level one German language module. Ive also spent a fair time reading,

Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particles explains the subject very clearly, although the quick summary of Quantum electro Dynamics and Quantum Chromo dynamics is going to need a few more readthroughs. It was interesting to find out that the majority of the mass we experience is due to the force resulting from the gluons holding quarks together.  It would be nice to understand how this force relates to superstring theory , but that may be a tad difficult to follow.

I'm currently reading Deviate, The science of seeing differently.  Ive always wondered about light. I get that a photon is created from the fusion of two atoms , it travels as an electromagnetic wave,  due to quantum mechanics it can only be seen when it reacts with another particle, and is 'reflected' by an object via the quantum leaps of related electrons.  But a silly question ive never go an answer to is that, if you observe a photon as it is 'reflected' from an object - why cant you see a constant  stream of photons as they are  'reflected' from the object to your eye ? Ive tried to get an answer from a different viewpoint - the way our brain  'see's the world.