Scale image and reposition on canvas element after you select a file with this element.

<input type="file" />

The HTML

<label class="profileAvatar">
	<input id="profileAvatar-inputFile" type="file" class="profileAvatar-input" placeholder="Upload je profielfoto" />
	<div class="profileAvatar-wrap u-center">
		<div class="profileAvatar-placeholder"><div class="fa fa-cloud-upload"></div><div>Upload je profielfoto</div></div>
	</div>
	<canvas class="profileAvatar-canvas" id="profileAvatar-canvas" width="280" height="160"></canvas>
	<img class="profileAvatar-image u-center" id="profileAvatar-image" alt="Profielfoto" />
	<button class="profileAvatar-button" id="profileAvatar-button"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></button>
</label>

The CSS

.profileAvatar {
	display: block;
	position: relative;
	cursor: pointer;

	width: 280px;
	height: 160px;
	background-color: black;

	color: rgb(179,179,179);
}
.profileAvatar-input {
	display: block;

	width: 280px;
	height: 160px;

	background-color: rgb(230,230,230);

}
.profileAvatar-input::-webkit-file-upload-button {
	display: none;

	-webkit-appearance: none;

	border: none;
	width: 280px;
	height: 160px;
}

.profileAvatar-wrap {

}
.profileAvatar-placeholder {

	text-align: center;
	text-transform: lowercase;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	font-weight: 300;
	white-space: nowrap;

}
.profileAvatar-placeholder .fa {
	display: block;
	font-size: 6rem;
}

.profileAvatar-canvas {
	position: absolute;
	top:0;
	bottom: 0;
	left: 0;
	right: 0;
}
.profileAvatar-image {
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	max-width: 100%;
	max-height: 100%;
}
.profileAvatar-image:not([src]) {
	display: none;
}
.profileAvatar-button {
	display: block;
	right: 4px;
	top: 4px;

	border: none;
	position: absolute;

	width:40px;
	height: 40px;
	background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.5);
	border-radius: 4px;
}
.profileAvatar-button:hover {
	background-color: grey;
	color:white;
}
.u-center {
	position: absolute;
	left: 50%;
	top: 50%;
	transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

jQuery and Javascript

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
(function ($) {
	var img_url = 'http://www.celebritiesontop.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Doutzen-Kroes-021.jpg';

	var loadImageToCanvasEl,
		loadImageToImageEl,
		resetImage,
		reader,
		canvasImage,
		clearCanvas;

	var avatar_file = $('#profileAvatar-inputFile'),
		avatar_image = $('#profileAvatar-image'),
		avatar_button = $('#profileAvatar-button'),
		avatar_canvas = $('#profileAvatar-canvas');


	loadImageToCanvasEl = function (data) {
		canvasImage.src = data;
	};
	loadImageToImageEl = function (data) {
		avatar_image.attr('src', data);
	};
	resetImage = function () {
		avatar_file.value = "";
		avatar_image.attr('src', null);
		clearCanvas();
	};

	// FileReader
	reader = new FileReader();
	reader.onload = function (event) {
		var data = event.target.result;

		// loadImageToImageEl(data);
		loadImageToCanvasEl(data);
	};

	// Image
	canvasImage = new Image();
	canvasImage.onload = function (event) {
		console.log('imageOnLoad');

		var canvasElement = avatar_canvas[0],
			context = canvasElement.getContext('2d');
		
		var originalWidth = this.width,
			originalHeight = this.height,
			canvasWidth = avatar_canvas.width(),
			canvasHeight = avatar_canvas.height();

		var canvasDimension = canvasWidth/canvasHeight,
			originalDimension = originalWidth/originalHeight;

		var isHorizontal = (canvasDimension < originalDimension),
			isVertical = (canvasDimension > originalDimension),
			isEqual = (canvasDimension == originalDimension);

		var scaleRatio = 0, cX, cY, cWidth, cHeight;

		// Borderless Math
		if (isHorizontal) {
			// treat as HORIZONTAL
			console.log(["HORIZONTAL", canvasDimension, originalDimension]);
			scaleRatio = originalHeight/canvasHeight,
			cWidth = originalWidth/scaleRatio,
			cHeight = originalHeight/scaleRatio,
			cX = (cWidth-canvasWidth)*-.5,
			cY = 0;
		} else if (isVertical) {
			// treat as VERTICAL
			console.log(["VERTICAL", canvasDimension, originalDimension]);
			scaleRatio = originalWidth/canvasWidth,
			cWidth = originalWidth/scaleRatio,
			cHeight = originalHeight/scaleRatio,
			cX = 0,
			cY = (cHeight-canvasHeight)*-.5;
		} else {
			// treat everything EQUAL
			scaleRatio = originalWidth/canvasWidth,
			cWidth = originalWidth/scaleRatio,
			cHeight = originalHeight/scaleRatio,
			cX = 0,
			cY = 0;
		}
		
		clearCanvas();
		context.drawImage(canvasImage, cX, cY, cWidth, cHeight);
	}

	clearCanvas = function () {
		var canvas = avatar_canvas[0];
		canvas.getContext('2d').clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
	}


	// element: input
	avatar_file.change(function(event){
		var files = event.target.files,
			file = files[0];

		// set value to empty string if the filetype is not an image
		if (file.type.match('image.*')) {
			//Read in the image file as a data URL.
			reader.readAsDataURL(file);
		} else {
			this.value = "";
		}
	});

	// element: button
	avatar_button.click(function (event) {
		event.preventDefault();
		resetImage();
	})

	canvasImage.src = img_url;
})(jQuery);
</script>