Can someone explain this to me?

The pictures are from a YT vid “This Chemical Steals…” by user Clockwork.

Maybe this explanation is simplified of how light “hits” an electron in chlorophyll. I’m new to bio and botany. My understanding of light is tenuous.
Here is what I just cannot wrap my head around:

If we cannot see atoms by microscopy because light “bends” around them. Then how does an electron get “hit” by light? Is this a wave-particle thing?

Thanks in advance!