Subject: measuring the characteristics of photons in confined spaces

Forgive me for I do not have a science background.  I see much discussion about 
light having both wave and particle properties. I'm ok with this.  However, 
suppose a photon is emitted from a source and travels between an upper and 
lower plate of light sensitive material set apart at a distance equal to the 
amplitude of the particle.  As is travels, does it touch the upper and lower 
plate at the distances that would be expected given its wavelength? What would 
happen if the particle were shot through a tube of photo-sensitive material 
with an inside diameter equal to the amplitude of the particle?  Would the path 
of dots marked by the photon touching the surface along the inside of the tube 
be spiral shaped, or touch the top and bottom of the tube in a linear fashion? 
Or is all of this really just too restrictive in terms of description?  Might a 
photon actually be a shrinking and bloating blob of energy that increases and 
decreases in size in a predictable way such that we characterize it as having 
wavelike properties?  If this were true, would the marks left by the photon 
look like rings on the inside of the cylinder barrel at a distance equal to the 
wavelength of the particle? Just curious.

Re: measuring the characteristics of photons in confined spaces